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Japan women win team gold at judo c'ships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Members of Japan's women judo team -- (standing, from L) Megumi Tachimoto, Kana Abe, Miki Tanaka and Akari Ogata, and (sitting, from L) Yuki Hashimoto, Haruka Tachimoto and Anzu Yamamoto -- pose with the gold medals they won in the team event at the world judo championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2013.

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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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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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Tachimoto sisters cap golden act at Paris Grand Slam

PARIS, France - Haruka Tachimoto strikes gold at the Paris Judo Grand Slam in Paris on Feb. 5, 2012, winning the women's 70-kg division. Her elder sister Megumi won the 78-kg division.

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Tachimoto sisters cap golden act at Paris Grand Slam

PARIS, France - Megumi Tachimoto strikes gold at the Paris Judo Grand Slam in Paris on Feb. 5, 2012, winning the women's 78-kg division. Her younger sister Haruka won the 70-kg division.

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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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Tachimoto sisters cap golden act at Paris Grand Slam

PARIS, France - Haruka Tachimoto strikes gold at the Paris Judo Grand Slam in Paris on Feb. 5, 2012, winning the women's 70-kg division. Her elder sister Megumi won the 78-kg division. (Kyodo)

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Tachimoto sisters cap golden act at Paris Grand Slam

PARIS, France - Megumi Tachimoto strikes gold at the Paris Judo Grand Slam in Paris on Feb. 5, 2012, winning the women's 78-kg division. Her younger sister Haruka won the 70-kg division. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic, Paralympic coins

Rio Olympic judo gold medalist Haruka Tachimoto (R), Beijing Olympic team gymnastics silver medalist Makoto Okiguchi (L) and Tomohiro Ueyama, who will compete in archery at the Tokyo Paralympics, attend a ceremony at the Japan Mint in Osaka on Nov. 8, 2019, to launch the production of commemorative coins for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio Olympic champ Tachimoto retires

File photo shows Haruka Tachimoto, who won the women's 70-kilogram gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August 2016. The 27-year-old Tachimoto revealed on Oct. 4, 2017, she is retiring, citing a lack of drive as her main reason for calling it quits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic scenes: Gold, silver medalists embrace after judo final

Japanese gold medalist judoka Haruka Tachimoto (R) and Colombian runner-up Yuri Alvear embrace after the 70-kilogram-class final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70-kg judo gold

Japanese judoka Haruka Tachimoto shows her gold medal after winning the women's 70-kilogram category at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70-kg judo gold

Haruka Tachimoto (R) reacts after winning the women's 70-kilogram judo final against Yuri Alvear of Colombia at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg judo gold

Haruka Tachimoto is congratulated by coach Mitsutoshi Nanjo after winning the women's 70-kilogram judo gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Tachimoto wins women's 70-kg gold

Japanese judoka Haruka Tachimoto touches the mat as she performed a ceremonial bow after winning the women's 70-kg gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Fans cheer for Japan at judo venue

Fans cheer for Haruka Tachimoto after the Japanese judoka won the women's 70-kg judo competition at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins judo gold

The women's 70-kilogram judo gold medalist Haruka Tachimoto (R) of Japan, bronze medalist Sally Conway of Britain (L) and bronze medalist Laura Vargas Koch of Germany attend a medal ceremony at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg judo gold

Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (white) fights with Yuri Alvear of Colombia in the women's 70-kilogram judo final at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. Tachimoto won the match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg judo gold

Haruka Tachimoto of Japan reacts after winning the women's 70-kilogram judo final against Yuri Alvear of Colombia at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg judo gold

Haruka Tachimoto of Japan reacts after winning the women's 70-kilogram judo final against Yuri Alvear of Colombia at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg judo gold

The women's 70-kilogram judo gold medalist Haruka Tachimoto (C) of Japan, silver medalist Yuri Alvear of Colombia (L) and bronze medalist Sally Conway of Britain pose for photos at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo