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(2)Diet begins extra session

TOKYO, Japan - Winter Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara, who was elected to the House of Councillors in the July 11 upper house election on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket, poses before the Diet building July 30 in Tokyo as the parliament convened after the election.

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Olympic gold medalist Ogiwara set to win upper house race

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara waves to supporters at a hotel in Nagano on July 11 after he seemed certain to be elected to the House of Councillors in the day's upper house election. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.

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(13)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Former world Nordic combined skiing champion Kenji Ogiwara, who is running in the July 11 House of Councillors election on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket, meets voters in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on June 24.

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Former world champion Ogiwara to end skiing career

TOKYO, Japan - Former world champion Kenji Ogiwara announces the end of his 20-year skiing career at a news conference May 13 in Tokyo. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.

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Japan nordic combined team places 8th in Salt Lake Games

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Kenji Ogiwara (L) and Daito Takahashi speak to reporters after their 4-member team finished in eighth place in the nordic combined 4x5-kilometer relay at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 17.

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Ogiwara finishes 11th in nordic combined

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kenji Ogiwara, who dominated the nordic combined event throughout much of the 1990s, finishes 11th after the 15-kilometer cross country race at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10.

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Ogiwara brothers just miss out

Japan's Tsugiharu (L) and Kenji (R) Ogiwara show the strain after crossing the finish line in the Nagano Olympic men's Nordic combined, Kenji just missed out on a podium finish, placing fourth, while brother Tsugiharu was sixth.

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Norwegian Vik-tory in Nordic combined

Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik celebrates his victory in the Olympic men's Nordic combined Feb. 14 in Hakuba, central Japan. Finland's Samppa Lajunen took the silver and Valery Stolyrov of Russia the bronze. Japan's Kenji Ogiwara finished fourth.

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Japanese fans get behind Ogiwara

Japanese fans urge on home favorite Kenji Ogiwara in the Olympic men's Nordic combined event Feb. 14 in Hakuba, Central Japan. Ogiwara just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth, while Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik took gold.

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Ogiwara smiles bitter smile

Kenji Ogiwara of Japan, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event, smiles a bitter smile after learning that he was 15th in the first jump of the ski jumping portion of the Nagano Olympic Nordic combined individual event Feb. 13. He was eventually placed ninth and will face an uphill struggle over the demanding Snow Harp course as he makes a bid for his first Olympic medal in the individual event.

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Kenji Ogiwara delivers athletes' oath

Japan's cross-country ace Kenji Ogiwara delivers the athletes' oath at the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs at Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs at Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay. (Pool photo)

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Ogiwara finishes 11th in nordic combined

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kenji Ogiwara, who dominated the nordic combined event throughout much of the 1990s, finishes 11th after the 15-kilometer cross country race at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10.

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Japan nordic combined team places 8th in Salt Lake Games

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Kenji Ogiwara (L) and Daito Takahashi speak to reporters after their 4-member team finished in eighth place in the nordic combined 4x5-kilometer relay at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 17.

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Olympic gold medalist Ogiwara set to win upper house race

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara waves to supporters at a hotel in Nagano on July 11 after he seemed certain to be elected to the House of Councillors in the day's upper house election. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994. (Kyodo)

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(13)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Former world Nordic combined skiing champion Kenji Ogiwara, who is running in the July 11 House of Councillors election on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket, meets voters in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on June 24. (Kyodo)

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(2)Diet begins extra session

TOKYO, Japan - Winter Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara, who was elected to the House of Councillors in the July 11 upper house election on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket, poses before the Diet building July 30 in Tokyo as the parliament convened after the election. (Kyodo)

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Former world champion Ogiwara to end skiing career

TOKYO, Japan - Former world champion Kenji Ogiwara announces the end of his 20-year skiing career at a news conference May 13 in Tokyo. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.