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Olympics: Japanese wrestlers warm up in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 13 Kyodo - Japan's Kaori Icho (top) practices in a training session in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 12, 2016, ahead of the women's wrestling competition beginning Aug. 17 at the Rio Olympics.

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Yoshida, Icho claim gold in women's wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Saori Yoshida (L) and Kaori Icho smile as they show off their gold medals in, respectively, the women's 53-kilogram and 58-kg divisions at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 11, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan.

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Icho wins gold in women's 58-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Kaori Icho (top) competes against Russian Valeria Koblova in the women's 58-kilogram division final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 11, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Icho, a three-time Olympic champion, claimed her ninth overall world title.

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Icho wins gold in women's 58-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Kaori Icho holds the Japanese flag after beating Russian Valeria Koblova in the women's 58-kilogram division final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 11, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Icho, a three-time Olympic champion, claimed her ninth overall world title.

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Wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Kaori Icho holds her gold medal after beating Soronzonbold Battsetseg of Mongolia in the 63-kilogram final of the wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 19, 2013. Icho won her eighth world title and first in two years.

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Wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Kaori Icho kisses her gold medal after beating Soronzonbold Battsetseg of Mongolia in the 63-kilogram final of the wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 19, 2013. Icho won her eighth world title and first in two years.

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Wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) and Soronzonbold Battsetseg of Mongolia compete in the 63-kilogram final of the wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 19, 2013. Icho won her eighth world title and first in two years.

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Wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) and Soronzonbold Battsetseg of Mongolia compete in the 63-kilogram final of the wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 19, 2013. Icho won her eighth world title and first in two years.

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Wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Saori Yoshida (R) of the 55-kilogram class and Kaori Icho of the 65-kg division hold their gold medals after winning in the wrestling world championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 19, 2013.

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Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champions Saori Yoshida (L) and Kaori Icho shake hands in Tokyo in the early hours of Sept. 9, 2013, after wrestling was chosen for inclusion for a single berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - (From front) Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu arrive at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Icho, Obara and Yonemitsu respectively won the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class, the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class and the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho smiles with the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho shouts after beating China's Jing Ruixue to win the gold in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara, Icho win Olympic wrestling gold

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (R) holds up the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class while Kaori Icho (L) holds the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class of the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho (C) celebrates after beating China's Jing Ruixue (L) to win the gold in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho responds to cheers with the Japanese national flag after winning the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012. Icho became the first Japanese female athlete to win three consecutive Olympic titles.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho (top) pins down China's Jing Ruixue during the final of the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Icho beat Jing to win the gold medal.

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Icho wins gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho (top) pins down Mongolia's Battsetseg Soronzonbold during the semifinals in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Icho beat Soronzonbold.

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Icho takes gold in women's 63-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) fights Sweden's Henna Johansson during the quarterfinals in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Icho beat Johansson.

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Japan's Icho arrives in London to compete in women's wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Icho speaks to reporters on arriving at London's Heathrow Airport on Aug. 3, 2012. She will compete in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram division at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Icho books Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Icho (top) and Rio Watari wrestle during the final of the women's 63-kilogram class at the national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2011. Icho won the title for the third time in a row and secured a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.

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Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho holds the gold medal after beating Marianna Sastin of Hungary in the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships.

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Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) wrestles Marianna Sastin of Hungary during the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships.

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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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Icho wins women's 63-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kaori Icho, a two-time Olympic champion at 63 kg, holds the medal after overpowering Elena Pirozhkova of the United States, winning the gold to clinch her sixth crown in the women's action at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Icho wins women's 63-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kaori Icho (L), a two-time Olympic champion at 63 kg, overpowers Elena Pirozhkova of the United States, winning the gold to clinch her sixth crown in the women's action at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Wrestling: Icho sisters to miss women's world championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Icho (R) and elder sister Chiharu Icho announce at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22 that they have withdrawn from the upcoming women's wrestling world championships in Tokyo because of leg injuries sustained at last month's Beijing Olympics.

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Japan's Icho sisters to retire from wrestling

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho, who defended her 63-kilogram Olympic title in the Beijing Games, said during a news conference in the Chinese capital on Aug. 18 that she is considering retiring from competitive wrestling, along with her elder wrestling sister Chiharu. Chiharu Icho took her second straight Olympic silver in the 48-kg class in Beijing.

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Japan's Icho sisters to retire from wrestling

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho (R) and her elder wrestling sister Chiharu Icho (L) show off their medals won at the Beijing Olympic Games after a news conference in the Chinese capital on Aug. 18. Kaori, who defended her 63-kilogram Olympic title in the Beijing Game, and Chiharu, who took her second straight Olympic silver in the 48-kg class in Beijing, said they are considering retiring from competitive wrestling.

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Japan's Icho sisters to retire from wrestling

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler Chiharu Icho, who took her second straight Olympic silver in the 48-kg class at the Beijing Games, said during a news conference in the Chinese capital on Aug. 18 that she is considering retiring from competitive wrestling, along with her younger wrestling sister Kaori Icho.

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Olympics: Kaori Icho wins women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Kaori Icho poses with the gold medal she won after beating Alena Kartashova of Russia in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling final of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Olympics: Kaori Icho into women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Kaori Icho (top) latches onto Canada's Martine Dugrenier during the women's 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling semifinals of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 17. Icho won and advanced to the final against three-time European champion Alena Kartashova of Russia.

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Olympics: Kaori Icho wins women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Kaori Icho celebrates on the shoulders of her coaches after beating Alena Kartashova of Russia in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling final of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Olympics: Kaori Icho wins women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Kaori Icho poses with the gold medal she won after beating Alena Kartashova of Russia in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling final of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Olympics: Kaori Icho wins women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Kaori Icho screams in joy after beating Alena Kartashova of Russia in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling final of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Olympics: Japan's Chiharu Icho wins 48-kg wrestling silver

BEIJING, China - Japan's Chiharu Icho poses with the silver medal she won in the women's 48-kilogram wrestling of the Beijing Olympics at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics:Carol Huynh wins 48-kg gold in women's wrestling, Icho silver

BEIJING, China - Carol Huynh of Canada (top) acknowledges the crowd after winning the gold medal in the women's 48-kilogram wrestling at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 16. Huynh beat Japan's Chiharu Icho (front) in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing.

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Canadian Carol Huynh wins 48-kg wrestling gold, Icho silver

BEIJING, China - Carol Huynh of Canada (R) is declared the winner in the women's 48-kilogram wrestling final of the Beijing Olympics against Japan's Chiharu Icho (L) at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler ozeki Kotooshu poses with the wrestler siblings Chiharu (R) and Kaori (L) Icho at the Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex in Tokyo on June 26, the last day of the national wrestling championships. Kaori wrestles in the 63-kilogram class and Kaori competes in the 48-kg category. The Bulgarian sumo wrestler is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 155 kg.

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Yoshida's winning streak stopped at 119

TAIYUAN, China - Athens Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida (L) fights back her tears after a shock defeat to American Marcie Van Dusen in the 55-kilogram weight category at women's freestyle wrestling World Cup team competition in Taiyuan, China, on Jan. 19. Yoshida's winning streak snapped at 119 matches. At right is her teammate Chiharu Icho.

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Icho siblings take gold at national wrestling championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Icho (L) won her sixth straight title in the women's 63-kilogram free style while Chiharu Icho (R) dominated to take her third consecutive crown at 48 kg at the wrestling national championships on Dec. 22. The Icho sisters, world champions in their respective weight classes, once again left their opponents feeling their collective sting with a pair of victories at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex.

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C. Icho wins gold at world championships

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Japan's Chiharu Icho defeated her Ukrainian rival Irini Merleni 2-1 to win the 48-kilogram gold medal at the world wrestling championships for the second year in a row on Sept. 21.

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Japanese women win 3 wrestling golds

DOHA, Qatar - Kaori Icho, the Athens Olympics champion, overpowers India's Geetika Jakhar (L) to defend her title at 63 kilograms, the first of three wrestling golds Japan's women won at the Asian Games on Dec. 11.

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Japanese women win 3 wrestling golds

DOHA, Qatar - Chiharu Icho dismantles South Korea's Kim Hyung Joo (R) to claim the first gold at 48 kilograms, the first of three wrestling golds Japan's women won at the Asian Games on Dec. 11.

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K. Icho wins women's 63-kg class at world wrestling championships

GUANGZHOU, China - Kaori Icho shows her joy at the award ceremony after winning the women's 63-kilogram class title in the the world wrestling championships in Guangzhou on Oct. 1.

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Chiharu Icho wins women's 48-kg title at worlds

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chiharu Icho (R) holds up her gold medal in the women's 48-kilogram event at the wrestling world championships in Guangzhou on Sept. 29. At left is silver medalist Ren Xueceng of China.

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Chiharu Icho wins women's 48-kg title at worlds

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chiharu Icho (L) celebrates after beating defending champion Ren Xueceng of China in the final of the women's 48-kilogram title at the wrestling world championships in Guangzhou on Sept. 29.

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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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(6)K. Icho clinches gold in women's 63kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan and her coach Kazuhito Sakae celebrate Icho's victory over Sara McMann of the United States in the final match of the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.