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Snowboarder Takeuchi gets Guinness title

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a women's parallel giant slalom silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, poses in Tokyo on April 28, 2026, after winning a Guinness World Record title for making the most consecutive Winter Olympic appearances (female). Takeuchi, 42, competed in the Olympics for the seventh consecutive time from 2002 to 2026.

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Snowboarder Takeuchi gets Guinness title

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a women's parallel giant slalom silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, poses in Tokyo on April 28, 2026, after winning a Guinness World Record title for making the most consecutive Winter Olympic appearances (female). Takeuchi, 42, competed in the Olympics for the seventh consecutive time from 2002 to 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Snowboarding

Japan's Tomoka Takeuchi sheds a tear after being eliminated in the qualification round of the snowboarding women's parallel giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 8, 2026. Takeuchi won silver at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Snowboarding

Japan's Tomoka Takeuchi sheds a tear after being eliminated in the qualification round of the snowboarding women's parallel giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 8, 2026. Takeuchi won silver at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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Japanese snowboarder named honorary consul at Swiss consulate

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (C, L), a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is pictured at the opening ceremony for an honorary consulate in Higashikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 10, 2024, after receiving the certificate from Swiss Ambassador to Japan Andreas Baum (C, R) naming her honorary consul. Takeuchi, 40, trained with Swiss national snowboard team members in Switzerland for five years starting in 2007, and is currently based in the Hokkaido town for training.

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Japanese snowboarder named honorary consul at Swiss consulate

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi, a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, speaks during the opening ceremony for an honorary consulate in Higashikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 10, 2024, after being appointed honorary consul. Takeuchi, 40, trained with Swiss national snowboard team members in Switzerland for five years starting in 2007, and is currently based in the Hokkaido town for training.

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Japan's women's short track team practices at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Ayuko Ito (front) and other members of Japan's women's short track speed skating team test the ice during practice for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in the Russian resort town on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - Children prepare to head for a slope in a ski area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - People ski on a slope in Sochi in an area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka wears the gold medal after the award ceremony of a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka gets air during a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Takanashi promises best performance at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi speaks at a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2014, promising to give her best performance and aim for gold at the Winter Olympic Games to open on Feb. 7.

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Sochi Olympics snow sculpture lit up in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A snow sculpture representing the Sochi Winter Olympic Games is lit up in Sapporo's Odori Park, Hokkaido, for the Sapporo Snow Festival, on Feb. 4, 2014, the day before the official start of the annual event.

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Hanyu arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu holds his accreditation card for the Sochi Olympics as he arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 3, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Games on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi answers reporters' questions after arriving at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi answers reporters' questions after arriving at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7. Her compatriot ski jumper Yuki Ito is seen in the back.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Japan's Hoshino practices on moguls course in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Junko Hoshino takes part in her first practice session on the moguls course of the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan's Ito practices on moguls course in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Miki Ito tests the moguls slope of the Sochi Olympics in Russia during her first practice session at the site on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan's Uemura practices on moguls course in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Aiko Uemura gets a feel for the moguls slope of the Sochi Olympics in Russia as she takes part in her first practice session at the site on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto (C), Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, with Hidehito Ito (L) and Toshimasa Furukawa, members of the delegation, after a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, holds a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, holds a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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IOC president in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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Patrick Chan in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Figure skating world champion Patrick Chan of Canada arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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IOC president in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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Olympics ticket office at Sochi train station

SOCHI, Russia - Customers purchase tickets for the Winter Olympic Games at a ticket office inside Sochi train station in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 30, 2014, a week before the Games begin.

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Athletes' village for Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows national flags flying in the village for ice sports athletes in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 30, 2014, the opening day of the facility eight days before the start of the Winter Games.

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Athletes' village for Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Volunteers take part in a ceremony to open the village for ice sports athletes in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 30, 2014, eight days before the Olympics begin.

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Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

SOCHI, Russia, April 22 Kyodo - Brian Cookson, president of the world's cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia on April 21, 2015. Cookson said he opposes the idea of staging track cycling, BMX and mountain biking in Izu, Japan, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, instead of the capital.

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Sri Lanka girl dreams of becoming Olympic ski jumper

TOKYO, Japan - Oshadi Thilakarathna, an 11 year-old Sri Lankan girl, has a dream of competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games as a ski jumper after seeing Noriaki Sakai's performances at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and Japanese supporters have begun collecting donations via cloud funding to help her. Sri Lanka has never participated in winter Olympics.

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Russian expert warns of cyberattacks at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive officer at Kaspersky Lab in Russia, speaks in a Kyodo News interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, warning of possible cyberattacks on live telecasting equipment and other infrastructure facilities at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in the Japanese capital based on his experience of some 100,000 such attacks during the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi performing in the free skate competition of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February 2014. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the previous Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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JOC official denies harassing 2010 medalist

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto, 49, a member of the House of Councillors and a Japanese Olympic Committee official. According to the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine's edition that went on sale on Aug. 20, 2014, Hashimoto, also president of the Japan Skating Federation, forced Daisuke Takahashi, Vancouver Olympic figure skating bronze medalist, into letting her repeatedly kiss him during a party after the Sochi Olympics in February, an allegation denied by Hashimoto the same day.

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Nordic combined skier Watabe receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Snowboarder Takeuchi receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Ski jumper Kasai receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Figure skater Hanyu receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (R), a gold medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Emperor, empress meet with Sochi Olympic medalists

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) talks with Noriaki Kasai (C), who won the Sochi Winter Olympics silver medal in the men's individual large hill ski jumping and bronze in the team event, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. The emperor and empress invited to the palace around 90 athletes who finished among the top eight in events at the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Emperor, empress meet with Sochi Olympic medalists

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) talks with Yuzuru Hanyu, winner of the Sochi Winter Olympics men's figure skating gold, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. The emperor and empress invited to the palace around 90 athletes who finished among the top eight in events at the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Olympic snowboarding medalist Takeuchi publishes 1st book

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi, a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, poses in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, with her first book "Watashi, Kachi Ni Ikimasu" (I'll Go for a Win) about lessons in life learned through her competitive sport career.

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Olympic ski jumpers Kasai, Takanashi meet kids in Iwate town

YAMADA, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai (R), who won the silver medal in the men's individual large hill ski jump at the Sochi Olympics, and compatriot female jumper Sara Takanashi (2nd from R) attend a gathering with children at an elementary school in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 28, 2014.

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Hanyu poses with ANA flight attendants in new uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu poses with All Nippon Airways flight attendants in new uniforms at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 24, 2014.

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Gold medal is symbol of hopes for quake-hit people: Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows the gold medal he won at the Sochi Olympics at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 24, 2014, saying it serves as a symbol of the hopes and dreams of people who were affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Hanyu's hometown is Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the disaster.

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Japanese skaters Hanyu, Asada hold Guinness certificates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skaters Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and Mao Asada hold certificates from the Guinness World Records at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 11, 2014. Hanyu set the highest mark yet for the men's short program at the Sochi Olympics in Russia in February, and Asada did the same for the women's short program at the world championships in Japan in March.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Sochi Olympics silver medalist Watabe honored in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Sochi Olympics individual Nordic combined skiing silver medalist Akito Watabe (R) of Japan receives an honorary citizen award from Nagano Mayor Hisao Kato at the central Japan city's government office on April 2, 2014.