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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan celebrates after defeating Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan celebrates after defeating Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan celebrates after defeating Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (R) of Japan defeats Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (R) of Japan defeats Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (R) of Japan competes against Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (L) of Japan competes against Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan poses with the gold medal he won in the men's freestyle 70-kilogram event at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka celebrates after winning gold in the women's 70-kilogram category at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) hugs Croatia's Lara Cvjetko after beating her in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) is pictured after beating Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) is pictured after beating Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) is pictured after beating Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (blue) competes against Croatia's Lara Cvjetko in the women's 70-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Budapest on June 17, 2025.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Spain's Ai Tsunoda Roustant (white) and Japan's Saki Niizoe compete in a women's judo 70-kilogram repechage match at the Paris Olympics on July 31, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Croatia's Barbara Matic celebrates after winning the women's judo 70-kilogram final against Germany's Miriam Butkereit at the Paris Olympics on July 31, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Croatia's Barbara Matic (white) and Germany's Miriam Butkereit compete in the women's judo 70-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on July 31, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the French capital.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Shiho Tanaka poses after winning gold in the judo women's 70-kilogram event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (white) and Mun Song Hui of North Korea compete in the judo women's 70-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (white) defeats Mun Song Hui of North Korea in the judo women's 70-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (white) and Mun Song Hui of North Korea compete in the judo women's 70-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Shiho Tanaka (white) and Mun Song Hui of North Korea compete in the judo women's 70-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

(From L) Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro, Japan's Saki Niizoe, Austria's Michaela Polleres and Croatia's Barbara Matic celebrate after winning medals in the women's 70-kilogram division at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023. Niizoe won the gold medal and Scoccimarro the silver, while Matic and Polleres got bronze.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe (white) competes against Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro in the women's 70-kilogram division final at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe (white) competes against Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro in the women's 70-kilogram division final at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe (white) competes against Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro in the women's 70-kilogram division final at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe poses after winning gold in the women's 70-kilogram division at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe (white) competes against Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro in the women's 70-kilogram division final at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe reacts after beating Germany's Giovanna Scoccimarro in the women's 70-kilogram division final at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Saki Niizoe poses after winning gold in the women's 70-kilogram division at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 11, 2023.

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Tokyo Grand Slam judo

TOKYO, Japan - Linda Bolder of the Netherlands (front) fights with Japan's Haruka Tachimoto in the women's 70-kilogram final of the Tokyo Grand Slam judo tournament at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2012. Bolder won with a belt-hip throw in overtime.

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Colombia's Alvear wins bronze in Olympic women's 70-kg judo

LONDON, Britain - Colombia judo team manager Noriyuki Hayakawa (R) celebrates Colombia's Yuri Alvear after the bronze medal match in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Alvear beat China's Chen Fei.

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Colombia's Alvear wins bronze in Olympic women's 70-kg judo

LONDON, Britain - Colombia judo team manager Noriyuki Hayakawa (R) celebrates Colombia's Yuri Alvear after the bronze medal match in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Alvear beat China's Chen Fei.

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Decosse wins Olympic 70-kg judo

LONDON, Britain - France's Lucie Decosse holds her gold medal after winning the women's judo 70-kilogram division at the London Olympics on Aug. 1, 2012.

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Japan's Tachimoto fails to medal in Olympic women's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (L) fights Edith Bosch of the Netherlands during the consolation match in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Tachimoto lost to Bosch.

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Japan's Tachimoto fails to medal in Olympic women's judo

LONDON, Britain - Edith Bosch (upper) of the Netherlands throws Japan's Haruka Tachimoto to the mat during the consolation match in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Tachimoto lost to Bosch.

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Japan's Tachimoto fails to medal in Olympic women's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (L) fights China's Chen Fei during the quarterfinals in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Tachimoto lost to Chen.

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Japan's Tachimoto fails to medal in Olympic women's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (R) fights Cuba's Onix Cortes Aldama during the round of 16 in the women's judo 70-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Tachimoto beat Cortes.

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Haruka Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg at Grand Slum judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (L) beats the Netherlands' Edith Bosch in the women's 70-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Girl power at Osaka summer festival

Osaka, Japan - Young Japanese women carry a ''mikoshi'' portable shrine as they march through a local shopping area in Osaka during an event July 23, 2010, ahead of the Tenjin summer festival. A total of 120 women, with the average age of 21, had been selected from some 400 applicants after a physical test using a 70-kilogram weight.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Watanabe wins bronze at 70-kg at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Mina Watanabe (L) fights Sally Conway of Britain for the bronze medal in the women's 70-kilogram event at the world judo championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 29, 2009.

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Watanabe wins bronze at 70-kg at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Mina Watanabe (R) is photographed during a ceremony after winning the bronze medal in the women's 70-kilogram event at the world judo championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 29, 2009, along with Yuri Alvear (2nd from L) of Colombia, Anett Meszaros (L) of Hungary and Houda Miled (2nd from R) of Tunisia.

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Two-time Olympic champion Ueno calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese judoka Masae Ueno, who won the women's 70-kilogram gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, speaks about her retirement from competition at a news conference in Tokyo on March 16.