National champ Icho earns shot at 4th straight Olympic title

World champion Kaori Icho smiles as she captured her 12th Japan title during the All-Japan wrestling championships on Dec. 22, 2015, in Tokyo, winning the women's 58-kilogram division to earn a spot at next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Icho is looking to earn her 4th straight gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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