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(3)Inoue takes bronze in men's 60-kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kenji Inoue bites his bronze medal for the men's 60-kilogram freestyle wrestling of the 2004 Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 29.

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(2)Inoue takes bronze in men's 60-kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kenji Inoue and Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine struggle during the men's 60-kilogram freestyle wrestling event of the 2004 Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 29.

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(1)Inoue takes bronze in men's 60-kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kenji Inoue reacts at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 29 after beating Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine to take the bronze medal in the men's 60-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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(2)Tanabe wins bronze in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Chikara Tanabe shows off is bronze medal on the podium at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 28. Tanabe defeated Greece's Amiran Karntanov to claim the bronze medal at 55 kilograms in men's freestyle wrestling.

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(1)Tanabe wins bronze in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Chikara Tanabe (R), who won the bronze medal in wrestling at 55 kilograms, stands on podium along with gold medal winner Mavlet Batirov (C) of Russia and silver medallist Stephen Abas (L) of the United States at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 28.

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(1)Japan's Tanabe advances to semis in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Chikara Tanabe of Japan attacks Kim Hyo Sub of South Korea with an ankle hold during the third-round qualification match at 55 kilograms at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 27. Tanabe won a berth in the semifinals after a technical-fall victory over Kim.

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(3)Japan's Tanabe advances to semis in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Chikara Tanabe (R) of Japan attacks Yogeshwar Dutt of India during their second-round qualification match at 55 kilograms at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 27.

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(2)Japan's Tanabe advances to semis in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Chikara Tanabe of Japan (rear) defeats Sydney Olympics gold medallist Naming Abdullayev of Azerbaijan 5-2 in their qualifying match at 55 kilograms at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 27. Tanabe won a berth in the semifinals after a technical-fall victory over Kim.

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Sasamoto crashes out in Greco-Roman wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Armen Nazarian of Bulgaria (L) and Makoto Sasamoto of Japan wrestle during their men's Greco-Roman 60kg weight category qualification match of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 26. Nazarian defeated Sasamoto 5-3.

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(3)Hamaguchi wins bronze in women's 72kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Former Japanese wrestler Heigo Hamaguchi waves to her daughter Kyoko Hamaguchi from the stands at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23 during the award ceremony for the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games. Kyoko Hamaguchi won the bronze medal.

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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.

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

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan wipes away tears on receiving the gold medal for the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan (R) tackles Sara McMann of the United States during the final of the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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(2)Hamaguchi wins bronze in women's 72kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan kisses the mat at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23 after beating Svitlana Sayenko of the Ukraine to win the bronze medal for the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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(1)Hamaguchi wins bronze in women's 72kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Kyodo Hamaguchi holds up her bronze medal for the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games during an awarding ceremony at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan (R) and Sara McMann of the United States wrestle during the final of the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23. Icho beat McMann to win the gold medal.

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

ATHENS, Greece - Silver medalist Sara McMann of the United States (L), gold medalist Kaori Icho of Japan (C) and bronze medalist Lise Legrand pose with their medals for the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan shows her joy at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23 after beating Sara McMann of the United States in the final of the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games.

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(2)Yoshida wins gold in women's 55kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Saori Yoshida (L) and Tonya Verbeek of Canada wrestle during the final of the women's 55kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23. Yoshida beat Verbeek to win the gold medal.

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(1)Yoshida wins gold in women's 55kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Silver medalist Tonya Verbeek of Canada (L), gold medalist Saori Yoshida of Japan (C) and bronze medalist Anna Gomis of France displays their medals for the women's 55kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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(2)Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Saori Yoshida of Japan, coming from behind, won over France's Anna Gomis on a narrow 7-6 decision in the women's 55-kg freestyle wrestling to cruise to the finals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 23.

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(3)Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kaori Icho rejoices after defeating France's Lise Legrand on a 4-0 decision in the women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling to advance to the finals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 23.

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Yoshida beats China's Sun in Olympic wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Saori Yoshida (at back) defeated China's Sun Dongmei in the women's 55-kg wrestling event in the Athens Olympics by technical-fall at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22.

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Chiharu Icho advances to women's wrestling semis in Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Chiharu Icho (top) advances to the wrestling semifinals by beating 2002 world champion Brigitte Wagener of Germany in the pool elimination matches at the women's 48-kg event in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22.

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(3)Japanese wrestlers off to strong in elimination matches

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi beats her archrival Toccara Montgomery of the United States on an 8-4 decision in their first-round match in the 72-kg class at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22.

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(1) Japanese wrestlers off to strong in elimination matches

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Chiharu Icho attacks Canada's Lyndsay Belisle in the women's freestyle 48-kilogram pool elimination match at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22. Icho won two straight matches to breeze into the semifinals.

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(2)Japanese wrestlers off to strong in elimination matches

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kaori Icho scores a 10-0 victory over Lyudmyla Golovchenko of Ukraine in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle pool elimination match at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 22.

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(5) Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - ''Animal'' Hamaguchi, father of five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi, is told by an Olympic official not to shout after her daughter fell in a surprise 6-4 decision to China's Wang Xu in the women's 72-kg. freestyle wrestling semifinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.

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(4)Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan looks sad after falling in a surprise 6-4 decision to China's Wang Xu in the women's 72-kg freestyle wrestling semifinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 23.

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(1)Japanese into finals, Hamaguchi falls in wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Chiharu Icho beats France's Angelique Berthenet in a 12-1 technical fall victory in the women's 48-kg freestyle wrestling to advance to the finals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 23.

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(3)Japan's Tsukada wins Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Maki Tsukada smiles with the gold medal she won in the women's over 78-kilogram judo event in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(2)Japan's Tsukada wins Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Maki Tsukada responds to cheers from fans after winning the women's over 78-kilogram judo in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(4)Japan's Tsukada wins Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Maki Tsukada, who won the women's over 78-kilogram judo event in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, waves during the medal ceremony at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(1)Japan's Tsukada wins Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Maki Tsukada (top) pins Cuba's Dayma Beltran (bottom) with little more than a minute remaining in the women's over 78-kilogram judo to win the fifth judo gold of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games for Japan's women at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(2)Tsukada cruises into semifinals at Athens judo

ATHENS, Greece - Maki Tsukada of Japan (R) twists down 2003 European champion Maryna Prokofyeva of Ukuraina to advance to the women's 78 kg class semifinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(3)Japan's Suzuki wins gold in Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Keiji Suzuki shows off the gold medal he won in the over 100-kg-class judo event in the Athens Oympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(1)Japan's Suzuki wins gold in Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Keiji Suzuki (in blue) beats Sydney bronze medalist Tamerlan Tmenov of Russia to win the over 100-kg-class judo event in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(2)Japan's Suzuki wins gold in Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Keiji Suzuki (L) is jubilant after beating Sydney bronze medalist Tamerlan Tmenov of Russia (R in white) to win the over 100-kg-class judo event in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(2)Suzuki advances semifinals at Athens judo

ATHENS, Greece - Keiji Suzuki of Japan defeats Yury Rybak of Belarus with a uchimata ippon to book his place in the men's over 100-kilogram class semifinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(1)Tsukada cruises into semifinals at Athens judo

ATHENS, Greece - Maki Tsukada of Japan scores an ippon against Australia's Jessica Malone after just 21 seconds to reach the women's 78 kg class quarterfinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(1)Suzuki advances semifinals at Athens judo

ATHENS, Greece - Keiji Suzuki (L) of Japan beats Charalampos Papaioannou of Greece with a swift uchimata ippon throw to advance to the semifinals of the men's over 100-kilogram class at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 20.

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(3)Japan's Anno wins gold in women's 78-kg judo

ATHENS, Greece - Noriko Anno displays her gold medal for the women's 78-kilogram class judo event at the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 19.

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(2)Inoue denied medal in men's Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kosei Inoue leaves the competition site after losing in the repechage to Movlud Miraliyev of Azerbaijan to end any hope for a medal in the men's 100-kilogram judo event in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall Aug. 19.

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Anno advances to judo semifinals

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Noriko Anno (standing) beat Lucia Morico of Italy (R) on points to reach the semifinals of the women's 78-kilogram judo event in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall Aug. 19.

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Inoue denied medal in men's Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Kosei Inoue (top) lost in the repechage to Movlud Miraliyev of Azerbaijan to end any hope for a medal in the men's 100-kilogram judo in the Athens Olympics at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall Aug. 19.

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Georgia's Zviadauri wins men's 90-kg judo

ATHENS, Greece - Zurab Zviadauri of Georgia (L) throws Japan's Hiroshi Izumi during the men's 90-kg class judo final of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 18. Zviadauri won the gold medal.

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(4)Ueno wins gold in Olympic judo

ATHENS, Greece - Masae Ueno displays her gold medal for the women's 70-kg class judo event at the Athens Olympic Games during an awards ceremony at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 18.

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(3)Japan' Tanimoto takes 63-kg judo gold

ATHENS, Greece - Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan (R) and her coach Toshihiko Koga celebrate Tanimoto's victory in the women's judo 63-kilogram class of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 17.

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(4)Japan's Tanimoto takes 63-kg judo gold

ATHENS, Greece - Silver medalist Claudia Heill of Austria (L), gold medalist Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan (2nd from L) and the two bronze medalists Urska Zolnir of Slovenia (2nd from R) and Driulys Gonzalez of Cuba pose at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens Aug. 17 during an awards ceremony for the women's judo 63-kilogram class event at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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(5)Japan's Tanimoto takes 63-kg judo gold

ATHENS, Greece - Aymi Tanimoto of Japan holds up her gold medal during an awards ceremony at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens Aug. 17 for the women's judo 63-kilogram class event at the 2004 Olympic Games.