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Centennial of birth of gold-medal swimmer Maehata

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Masaomi Hyodo (far L), a son of legendary Olympic gold-medal swimmer Hideko Maehata, sees some 50 exhibits of his mother during a centennial ceremony of her birth at a gymnasium in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. Maehata is best remembered by many Japanese for a live NHK radio broadcast of the 200-meter breaststroke final in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which an announcer repeatedly shouted "Ganbare (Go for it), Maehata!"

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Olympic gold medalist Maehata's 100th birthday commemorated

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Visitors look at mementoes commemorating the 100th birthday of the late Hideko Maehata, the first Japanese female swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, at an exhibition held in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 1, 2014. Maehata won her gold at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

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Centennial of birth of gold-medal swimmer Maehata

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Masaomi Hyodo (far L), a son of legendary Olympic gold-medal swimmer Hideko Maehata, sees some 50 exhibits of his mother during a centennial ceremony of her birth at a gymnasium in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. Maehata is best remembered by many Japanese for a live NHK radio broadcast of the 200-meter breaststroke final in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which an announcer repeatedly shouted "Ganbare (Go for it), Maehata!" (Kyodo)