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Fukushima takes bronze in women's lightweight-class powerlifting

AKITA, Japan - Yukako Fukushima of Japan prepares to lift 117.5 kilograms in the benchpress in the women's lightweight powerlifting at the sixth World Games at Akita City Culture Hall on Aug. 20. World champion Raija Koskinen of Finland won the gold medal, followed by Chen Kuan-ting of Taiwan with the silver, while Fukushima took bronze.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan poses with her gold medal in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan poses with her gold medal in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan poses with her gold medal in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan poses with her gold medal in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan poses with her gold medal in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (R) celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes in the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling

Yukako Kawai of Japan (blue) competes en route to winning the women's wrestling freestyle 62-kilogram final against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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'Iron Chef' ruffling feathers with her anti-waste movement

SYDNEY, Australia - Yukako Ichikawa, dubbed the ''Iron Chef,'' gets ready to prepare an armful of kale for her customers in Sydney on May 16, 2010. She serves the iron-rich greens only to those who have promised not to waste even a stalk of the vegetable that reaches their plates. (Kyodo)

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Para-athlete Yukako Hata

Yukako Hata, a triathlete with an artificial leg, cycles in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World wrestling championships

Taybe Mustafa Yusein (2nd from L) of Bulgaria poses after winning the women's 62-kilogram category at the world wrestling championships in Budapest on Oct. 25, 2018, along with silver medalist Yukako Kawai (L) of Japan, and bronze medalists Yuliia Tkach Ostapchuk of Ukraine (2nd from R) and Mallory Maxine Velte of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata holds her prosthetic running leg after getting off the bike during the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairments at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata fished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata crosses the finish line of the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairment at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata finished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata is on the road during the run leg of the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairment at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata fished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata competes during the cycling leg of the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairment at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata fished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata competes during the cycling leg of the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairment at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata fished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hata finishes 6th in PT2 triathlon

Japan's Yukako Hata (C) is helped out of the water after finishing the swim portion of the women's triathlon PT2 class for athletes with mobility impairment at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Hata fished sixth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima takes bronze in women's lightweight-class powerlifting

AKITA, Japan - Yukako Fukushima of Japan prepares to lift 117.5 kilograms in the benchpress in the women's lightweight powerlifting at the sixth World Games at Akita City Culture Hall on Aug. 20. World champion Raija Koskinen of Finland won the gold medal, followed by Chen Kuan-ting of Taiwan with the silver, while Fukushima took bronze.