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Jiu Jitsu PON XXI Contest in Sumatra - Indonesia

Linda Darrow, an Acehnese Jiu Jitsu athlete (Blue) against an athlete from the DKI Jakarta contingent, Tifanny Sie (Red) in the women's fighting system -55 kg of the National Sports Week (PON) XXI/2024 Aceh-North Sumatra at the Martials Arts Arena- Sports Center, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on September 18, 2024. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jiu Jitsu PON XXI Contest in Sumatra - Indonesia

Linda Darrow, an Aceh Jiu Jitsu athlete poses with her coach after competing against an athlete from the DKI Jakarta contingent, Tifanny Sie (Red) in the Fighting System -55 kg women's National Sports Week (PON) XXI/2024 Aceh-North Sumatra at the Martial Art Arena-Sports Center, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on September 18, 2024. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jiu Jitsu PON XXI Contest in Sumatra - Indonesia

East Java female Jiu-Jitsu athlete, Steefanny Kinky (Red) after competing against East Kalimantan contingent athlete, Indah Triwulan in the women's Fighting System -55 kg at the XXI/2024 Aceh-North Sumatra National Sports Week (PON) at the Martials Arts Arena-Sport Center, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on September 18, 2024. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jiu Jitsu PON XXI Contest in Sumatra - Indonesia

Central Java Jiu-jitsu athlete, Tria Novita Sari (Red) against female athlete from the DKI Jakarta contingent, Tiffany Sie in the Women's Fighting System -55 KG at the XXI/2024 National Sports Week (PON) Aceh-North Sumatra at the Martials Arts Arena-Sport Center, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia on September 18, 2024. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230919) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Okuno Haruna (down) and individual neutral athlete Aryna Martynava compete during their qualification match of the women's 55 kg freestyle category at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230919) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Okuno Haruna (top) and Moldova's Mariana Dragutan compete during their semi final match of the women's 55 kg freestyle category at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)CROATIA-ZAGREB-WRESTLING-EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

(230421) -- ZAGREB, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tatiana Debien of France (Top) competes against Annika Wendle of Germany during the women's 55 kg bronze medal match of 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, April 20, 2023. (Marko Prpic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013, after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided to drop wrestling from the "core sports" for the 2020 Games. Seated next to Fukuda are Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (C), the men's 66-kilogram freestyle gold medalist at the London Olympics, and Shinichi Yumoto, the men's 55-kg freestyle bronze winner in London.

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Japan's Yoshida wins women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling

INCHEON, South Korea - Saori Yoshida of Japan holds up her gold medal for the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2014. Yoshida won the gold for the 4th straight Asian Games.

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Japan's Yoshida wins women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling

INCHEON, South Korea - Saori Yoshida of Japan (L) bring down Byambatseren Sundev of Mongolia in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2014. Yoshida won the gold for the 4th straight Asian Games.

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Japan's Yoshida wins women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling

INCHEON, South Korea - Saori Yoshida of Japan celebrates after beating Byambatseren Sundev of Mongolia in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2014. Yoshida won the gold for the 4th straight Asian Games.

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Japan's Yoshida wins women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling

INCHEON, South Korea - Saori Yoshida of Japan overpoweres Byambatseren Sundev of Mongolia in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2014. Yoshida won the gold for the 4th straight Asian Games.

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Yoshida wins gold in women's 53-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Saori Yoshida (L) competes against Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the women's 53-kilogram division final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 11, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Yoshida, 31, captured her 15th consecutive world crown, including her three Olympic gold medals in the 55-kg class.

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Japan's Hamada claims gold in women's 55-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Chiho Hamada (top) competes against Russia's Irina Ologonova in the women's 55-kilogram class final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Hamada, 21, won 4-3, to claim her first title.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto smiles with the bronze medal he won in the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (R) raises his fist after beating Bulgaria's Radoslav Marinov Velikov (L) 2-0 in a bronze medal match of the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (L) beats Bulgaria's Radoslav Marinov Velikov (R) 2-0 in a bronze medal match of the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (L) takes on Bulgaria's Radoslav Marinov Velikov in a bronze medal match of the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. Yumoto beat Velikov 2-0.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (L) fights Georgia's Vladimer Khinchegashvili during the semifinals in the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. Yumoto lost to Khinchegashvili.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (R) struggles against Georgia's Vladimer Khinchegashvili during the semifinals in the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. Yumoto lost to Khinchegashvili.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (R) beats South Korea's Kim Jin Cheol in the second round of the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Yumoto wins 55-kg freestyle wrestling bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Shinichi Yumoto (top) fights South Korea's Kim Jin Cheol in the second round of the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. Yumoto beat Kim.

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Hasegawa wins Greco-Roman 55-kg wrestling gold

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Kohei Hasegawa celebrates after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Kanybek Zholchubekov (on ground) to win the men's Greco-Roman 55-kilogram wrestling title at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 21, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's two-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (top) beats Yuliya Ratkevich (bottom) of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins 55-kg world title, Icho 63-kg

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida (L) and Kaori Icho hold gold medals after winning the women's 55-kilogram and 63-kilogram titles respectively at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida does a midair somersault in joy after beating Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida holds the gold medal after beating Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's two-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (top) beats Yuliya Ratkevich (bottom) of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins 55-kg gold at world c'ships

HERNING, Denmark - Saori Yoshida from Japan reacts during the women's 55-kilogram final against Sona Ahmedli of Azerbaijan at the world championships in Herning, Denmark, on Sept. 24, 2009. Yoshida won the gold medal.

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Yoshida wins 55-kg gold at world c'ships

HERNING, Denmark - Saori Yoshida shows off the gold medal she won in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle category at the world wrestling championships in Herning, Denmark, on Sept. 24, 2009.

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Cejudo of U.S. wins men's 55-kg wrestling at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga, silver medalist in the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram category, closes his eyes during the medal ceremony at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 19.

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Cejudo of U.S. wins men's 55-kg wrestling at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Medalists in the men's freestyle wrestling 55-kilogram category pose for photos during the medal ceremony at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 19. (From L to R) Silver medalist Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan, gold medalist Henry Cejudo of the United States, bronze medalist Radoslav Velikov of Bulgaria and bronze medalist Besik Kudukhov of Russia.

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Japan's Matsunaga takes men's 55-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Tomohiro Matsunaga (L) loses to Henry Cejudo (R) of the United States in the men's freestyle 55-kilogram category final of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 19.

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Japan's Matsunaga takes men's 55-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Tomohiro Matsunaga (L) looks dejected after losing to Henry Cejudo (R) of the United States in the men's freestyle 55-kilogram category final of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 19.

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Japan's Matsunaga takes men's 55-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Tomohiro Matsunaga (top) fights in the men's freestyle 55-kilogram category final of the Beijing Olympics against Henry Cejudo (bottom) of the United States on Aug. 19. Matsunaga lost to Cejudo, gaining the silver medal.

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Japan's Matsunaga takes men's 55-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Tomohiro Matsunaga (top) fights in the men's freestyle 55-kilogram category final of the Beijing Olympics against Henry Cejudo (bottom) of the United States on Aug. 19. Matsunaga lost to Cejudo, gaining the silver medal.

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Japan's Matsunaga takes men's 55-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Tomohiro Matsunaga (front) faces positive action from Henry Cejudo (in background) of the United States during the men's freestyle 55-kilogram category final of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 19. Matsunaga lost to Cejudo, gaining the silver medal.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida somersaults in the ring after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida screams after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates on the shoulders of her coach Kazuto Sakae after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates on the shoulders of her coach Kazuto Sakae after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida screams after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Yoshida wins 6th straight national title

TOKYO, Japan - Reigning world and Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (L) attacks Chikako Matsukawa in the final of the 55-kg category at the wrestling national championships at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex on Dec. 23. Yoshida captured her sixth consecutive title in convincing fashion.

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Japan's women claim gold treble at wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Ayako Shoda (L), Saori Yoshida (C) and Kaori Icho hold up their gold medals at the world wrestling championships in Budapest on Sept. 29. Shoda won in the women's 59-kg division, Yoshida claimed the 55-kg title and Icho captured the 63-kg class gold.

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(2)Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Saori Yoshida of Japan, coming from behind, won over France's Anna Gomis on a narrow 7-6 decision in the women's 55-kg freestyle wrestling to cruise to the finals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 23.

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Yoshida beats China's Sun in Olympic wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Saori Yoshida (at back) defeated China's Sun Dongmei in the women's 55-kg wrestling event in the Athens Olympics by technical-fall at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22.

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Hamaguchi, Icho, Yoshida book Athens wrestling spots

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kyoko Hamaguchi, Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida booked spots in women's wrestling at this summer's Athens Olympics after claiming titles in the 72-kg, 63-kg and 55-kg categories respectively at the Japan Queens Cup tournament in Tokyo Feb. 24.

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(4)Hamaguchi, 4 others capture gold at World C'ships

NEW YORK, United States - Saori Yoshida of Japan beats Tian George of the United States to win the women's 55-kg weight class at the World Championships of Freestyle Wrestling at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sept. 14

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Yoshida wins women's 55 kg-class free style wrestling

PUSAN, South Korea - Saori Yoshida of Japan celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 55 kg-class free style wrestling at the Asian Games at Yangsan Gymnasium in Pusan on Oct. 7. (Asian Games)

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Japan claims 3 golds on 3rd day of Asian Wrestling Championships

STORY: Japan claims 3 golds on 3rd day of Asian Wrestling Championships DATELINE: April 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships in Mongolia's capital STORYLINE: Japan bagged three golds and a silver from the five women's events on the third day of the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulan Bator on Thursday. In the 50-kg freestyle, world champion Remina Yoshimoto defeated Mongolian Tsogt-Ochir Namuuntsetseg for the gold medal. The bronze medal went to Jasmina Immaeva of Uzbekistan after her win over Indian Manisha Manisha. In the 55-kg category, Umi Imai claimed the gold, Mongolian Ganbaatar Otgonjargal won the silver, and Indian Sushma Shokeen took the bronze. Sara Natami claimed the 59-kg freestyle gold. The silver and bronze medals went to Mongolian Baatarjav Shoovdor and Indian Sarita Mor respectively. In the 68-kg category, Madina Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan won over Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan