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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

(From L) Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara touch the Olympic rings on the ice rink after the figure skating exhibition gala at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 21, 2026, at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Ami Nakai, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato and Kaori Sakamoto pose for a photo during practice in Milan on Feb. 20, 2026, ahead of the exhibition gala at the Milan Cortina Olympics the following day.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto (top, R) and Ami Nakai (top, L) pose with compatriot Japanese figure skaters Yuma Kagiyama (bottom, L), Ryuichi Kihara (bottom, C) and Riku Miura, after winning silver and bronze medals, respectively in the women's figure skating event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto (top, R) and Ami Nakai (top, L) pose with compatriot Japanese figure skaters Yuma Kagiyama (bottom, L), Ryuichi Kihara (bottom, C) and Riku Miura, after winning silver and bronze medals, respectively in the women's figure skating event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto (top, R) and Ami Nakai (top, L) pose with compatriot Japanese figure skaters Yuma Kagiyama (bottom, L), Ryuichi Kihara (bottom, C) and Riku Miura, after winning silver and bronze medals, respectively in the women's figure skating event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese pair figure skaters Riku Miura (2nd from L) and Ryuichi Kihara talk to compatriot Kaori Sakamoto (far L) who won silver in the women's singles event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese pair figure skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara talk to compatriot Kaori Sakamoto (L) who won silver in the women's singles event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 19, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (front, R) applauds during compatriots Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara's performance in the pairs free program at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 16, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese pairs figure skaters (from L) Sumitada Moriguchi, Yuna Nagaoka, Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura cheer for compatriot Kaori Sakamoto in the women's short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 17, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura (top, R) and Ryuichi Kihara (top, L) cheer for compatriot Kaori Sakamoto in the women's short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 17, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

The Japanese figure skating team -- (from L) Masaya Morita, Utana Yoshida, Ryuichi Kihara, Riku Miura, Kaori Sakamoto, Shun Sato and Yuma Kagiyama -- celebrate on the podium after winning silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Members of the Japanese figure skating team -- (from L) Kaori Sakamoto, Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, Masaya Morita, Utana Yoshida, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara -- pose after winning silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Members of the Japanese figure skating team -- (from L) Kaori Sakamoto, Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, Utana Yoshida, Masaya Morita, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara -- pose after winning silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Members of the Japanese figure skating team -- (from L) Ryuichi Kihara, Yuma Kagiyama, Riku Miura and Kaori Sakamoto -- pose after winning silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix de France

(from L) Rion Sumiyoshi, Kaori Sakamoto, Ami Nakai, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan pose for a photo after performing in the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Figure skating: Spots for March worlds in Boston announced

Yuma Kagiyama (front, L) and Kaori Sakamoto (front, R) attend a press conference in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2024, after winning the gold medals in the men's and women' events at the national figure skating championships in the western Japan city. Their victories helped them earn spots for the world figure skating championships slated for March in Boston, together with pairs gold medalists Riku Miura (back, L) and Ryuichi Kihara.

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Wakaba Higuchi, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara show off their team silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received the medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Ryuichi Kihara, Riku Miura, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi wave during the medal ceremony for the figure skating team event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Paris Olympics Champions Park at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received silver medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi jump during the medal ceremony for the figure skating team event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Paris Olympics Champions Park at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received silver medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Ryuichi Kihara, Riku Miura, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi show off their team silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received the medals earlier in the day after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Protest against Jingu redevelopment plan

People gather in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien area on April 22, 2023, to protest against the planned redevelopment of one of the city's greenest neighborhoods. The rally against the plan that would see two historic sports venues demolished and hundreds of trees uprooted was organized by D2021, a group formed after a proposal by the late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto whose photo (upper R) was erected on the event stage.

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Protest against Jingu redevelopment plan

People gather in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien area on April 22, 2023, to protest against the planned redevelopment of one of the city's greenest neighborhoods. The rally against the plan that would see two historic sports venues demolished and hundreds of trees uprooted was organized by D2021, a group formed after a proposal by the late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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Protest against Jingu redevelopment plan

People gather in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien area on April 22, 2023, to protest against the planned redevelopment of one of the city's greenest neighborhoods. The rally against the plan that would see two historic sports venues demolished and hundreds of trees uprooted was organized by D2021, a group formed after a proposal by the late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto whose photo (upper R) was erected on the event stage.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken in March 2018 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on March 31, 2016, shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto giving an interview in Tokyo. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on July 16, 2012, shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto speaking at an anti-nuclear power rally at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2011 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) playing the piano at a poetry reading event for Fukushima Prefecture after it was hit by the huge March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, shows a section earmarked for the late Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a Tower Records store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, shows a section earmarked for the late Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a Tower Records store in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto gives an interview in Tokyo on March 25, 2017. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto poses with an Oscar statuette in Tokyo in April 1988 after winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1987 movie "The Last Emperor." A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 30, 1982, to announce production of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" with costars, including comedian-actor Beat Takeshi (R). A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 30, 1982, to announce production of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" with the director of the film, Nagisa Oshima (C), and costars including comedian-actor Beat Takeshi (R). A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks during a rally against security bills in front of the parliament building in August 2015. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RYUICHI SAKAMOTO-COMMEMORATION

(230403) -- TOKYO, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 3, 2023 shows an area dedicated to the works of late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a record store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Renowned Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at the age of 71, his agency reported Sunday. The award-winning artist passed away on March 28th, according to an announcement by Japan's record label Avex. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RYUICHI SAKAMOTO-COMMEMORATION

(230403) -- TOKYO, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer visits an area dedicated to the works of late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a record store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 2023. Renowned Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at the age of 71, his agency reported Sunday. The award-winning artist passed away on March 28th, according to an announcement by Japan's record label Avex. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RYUICHI SAKAMOTO-COMMEMORATION

(230403) -- TOKYO, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 3, 2023 shows an area dedicated to the works of late Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a record store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Renowned Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at the age of 71, his agency reported Sunday. The award-winning artist passed away on March 28th, according to an announcement by Japan's record label Avex. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in July 1982 shows Japanese musician and actor Johnny Okura (far L) attending a press conference to announce production of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," with the director of the film, Nagisa Oshima (2nd from R) and costars, including comedian-actor Beat Takeshi (far R) and musician-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto (2nd from L). Okura died of pneumonia on Nov. 19, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at the Hibiya outdoor concert venue as thousands rally against nuclear power in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at the Hibiya outdoor concert venue as thousands rally against nuclear power in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Film director Oshima dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in July 1982 shows Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima (C) holding a press conference about the production of his movie "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," with Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) and Beat Takeshi, who later became known as Takeshi Kitano. Oshima, who won the best director award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1978 with "Empire of Passion," died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2013. He was 80.

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Nationwide antinuclear network

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe (C) speaks during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2012. A group led by Oe and academy award-winning musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, among others, announced that they have launched a nationwide network seeking passage of a bill to abolish all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Nationwide antinuclear network

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe speaks during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2012. A group led by Oe and academy award-winning musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, among others, announced that they have launched a nationwide network seeking passage of a bill to abolish all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto at antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at an antinuclear rally held in front of the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012. Antinuclear demonstrations have been held every Friday evening in the area.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at an anti-nuclear power plant rally at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at a rally in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 6, 2012. The rally was held to protest the recent restart of a reactor at the Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture. All other reactors in Japan remain idled for prolonged checkups in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Documentary on evacuated Fukushima town

BERLIN, Germany - Atsushi Funahashi (R), director of a documentary film featuring residents forced to evacuate their town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed music for the film, answer questions from an audience after the tentatively-titled ''Nuclear Nation'' was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 12, 2012.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe (L) and writer Keiko Ochiai attend a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 6, 2011. They released a statement calling on Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to bid farewell to nuclear power. Writers and musicians, including Oe and Ochiai as well as popular musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, will hold an antinuclear rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people while collecting 10 million signatures for denuclearization, in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Fund to repair disaster-hit musical instruments

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto (2nd from R) takes part in a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2011, to mark the launch of a project to help repair musical instruments damaged at schools in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Beijing Olympics: Figure Skating

Members of Japan's figure skating team -- (from R) Wakaba Higuchi, Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto, Shoma Uno, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto -- celebrate after finishing third in the team event at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 7, 2022, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.