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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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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (top) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (bottom) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara pose after winning the ice dance event at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (bottom) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure Skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022.

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Figure Skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022.

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Figure Skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022.

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Figure Skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2022.

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Figure Skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara and Takeru Komatsubara (down) perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 18, 2022.

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Japanese ice dancers train ahead of Olympics

Misato Komatsubara (L) and her ice dance partner Takeru Komatsubara train at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2022, ahead of the Winter Olympics opening on Feb. 4

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Japanese ice dancers train ahead of Olympics

Misato Komatsubara (R) and her ice dance partner Takeru Komatsubara train at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2022, ahead of the Winter Olympics opening on Feb. 4

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Japanese ice dancers train ahead of Olympics

Misato Komatsubara (L) and her ice dance partner Takeru Komatsubara train at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2022, ahead of the Winter Olympics opening on Feb. 4

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Japanese ice dancers train ahead of Olympics

Misato Komatsubara (R) and her ice dance partner Takeru Komatsubara train at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2022, ahead of the Winter Olympics opening on Feb. 4

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Japan's Olympic delegation off to Beijing

Misato Komatsubara (R) and her ice dance partner Takeru Komatsubara are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 30, 2022, ahead of their departure to Beijing for the Winter Olympics. (Pool photo)

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform during the exhibition gala at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform during the exhibition gala at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform during the exhibition gala at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform during the exhibition gala at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Japanese national c'ships

Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2021.

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Figure skating: Japanese national c'ships

Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2021.