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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Yurika Abe competes in the para cross-country women's sprint classic standing final at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 5, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Yurika Abe is pictured after competing in the para cross-country women's sprint classic standing final at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 5, 2025.

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VOLLEY - Volley Challenge Cup Women - Roma Volley vs SC Potsdam

Yurika Bamba (SC Potsdam) during Roma Volley vs SC Potsdam, Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup match in Rome, Italy, February 19 2025

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Tohoku students to participate in Paris event

TOKYO, Japan - Students including Yurika Kishi (R), a sophomore at Fukushima National College of Technology, give a press conference on an promotional event in Paris for the 2011 disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Some 100 junior and senior high school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures will take part in the Aug. 30-31 event.

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Fukushima evacuees in antinuclear rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Saori Abe (L), and her 10-year-old daughter Yurika, take part in a rally against nuclear power in Seoul on March 10, 2012. They evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima evacuees in antinuclear rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Saori Abe (L), and her 10-year-old daughter Yurika, take part in a rally against nuclear power in Seoul on March 10, 2012. They evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Paper cranes for missing coach

TOYAMA, Japan - Yuki Hattori, 11, looks at paper cranes, a symbol of hope and peace in Japan, created by him and other elementary and middle school children whose fencing coach Yurika Uchihira, 19, is one of the students missing in the aftermath of the Feb. 22 earthquake in New Zealand, at a gymnasium in Toyama on March 8, 2011. The students wrote letters to Uchihira and folded them into cranes, in a gesture of hope for her return.

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Fire in Chiba Pref. kills 2, believed to be sisters

CHIBA, Japan - Firefighters check the burned house of Shoichi Nasa in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2010. Two people -- believed to be Nasa's daughters 16-year-old Yurika and 12-year-old Shiori -- were killed in a predawn fire.

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Battling Sema hampered by twisted ankle in U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Yurika Sema went down to Russian Anna Chakvetadze in the U.S. Open on Aug. 31 after a bright start, eventually losing 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 after twisting her ankle at the start of the second set.

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Japan's Sema qualifies for main draw of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Yurika Sema reacts after beating Anna Tatishvili of Georgia in the women's singles on Aug. 29 to advance to the main draw at the U.S. Open.

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Olympics: Japan's Yurika Nakamura 13th in women's marathon

BEIJING, China - Yurika Nakamaura of Japan runs past the finishing line at the National Stadium in Beijing, clocking 2 hours, 30 minutes, 19 seconds for 13th place in the women's marathon of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 17. Romania's Constantina Tomescu won the race in 2:26:44.

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Noguchi heads Japan's marathon squad for Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) World bronze medalist Reiko Tosa, Athens Olympic gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi and Nagoya International Women's Marathon winner Yurika Nakamura pose in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okayama respectively on March 10 after the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced earlier in the day the country's women's marathon squad for the Beijing Olympics.

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Nakamura picked for Beijing Olympics

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nagoya International Women's Marathon winner Yurika Nakamura is presented with flowers in Okayama on March 10 after the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced earlier in the day the country's women's marathon squad for the Beijing Olympics.

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Noguchi heads Japan's marathon squad for Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi smiles during a news conference in Kyoto on March 10. She was officially given the go-ahead to defend her Olympic title this summer as the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced earlier in the day the country's marathon squad for the Beijing Games, which also includes world bronze medalist Reiko Tosa and Nagoya winner Yurika Nakamura.

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura smiles after winning the Nagoya International Women's Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds.

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura runs cross the finish line to win the Nagoya Women's International Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds, giving a selection headache to Japanese athletics officials scheduled to pick the Olympic squad on Monday.

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Curling: Pan Continental Curling Championships

Members of Japan's curling team Loco Solare (from L) Kotomi Ishizaki, Yurika Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Chinami Yoshida and Satsuki Fujisawa pose with their gold medals and winner's cup after becoming the first women's Pan Continental champions in Calgary, Canada on Nov. 6, 2022.

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(SP)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING -WOMEN'S LONG DISTANCE CLASSIC STANDING (CN)

(220307) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Abe Yurika of Japan competes during the para cross-country skiing women's long distance classic standing event of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Chinami (L) and Yoshida Yurika of Japan react during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (L) of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (R) of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (C) of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(XHTP)(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (top) of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Chinami (R) and Yoshida Yurika of Japan compete during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Great Britain at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME-JPN VS GBR(CN)

(220220) -- BEIJING, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (C) of Japan competes during the curling women's gold medal game of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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(BEIJING 2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL-JPN vs SUI(CN)

(220218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (R) of Japan greet her couch J.D. Lind after winning curling woman's semifinal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Switzerland at the National Aquatics center in Beijing, China, Feb.18, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING 2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL-JPN vs SUI(CN)

(220218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fujisawa Satsuki, Suzuki Yumi and Yoshida Yurika (from R to L) of Japan react during curling woman's semifinal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Switzerland at the National Aquatics center in Beijing, China, Feb.18, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING 2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL-JPN vs SUI(CN)

(220218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (C) of Japan competes during curling woman's semifinal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Switzerland at the National Aquatics center in Beijing, China, Feb.18, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING 2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL-JPN vs SUI(CN)

(220218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (front) of Japan greet her couch J.D. Lind before curling woman's semifinal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Switzerland at the National Aquatics center in Beijing, China, Feb.18, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curlers (from R) Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida and Kotomi Ishizaki pose with their silver medals after the women's gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curlers (from R) Kotomi Ishizaki, Satsuki Fujisawa, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida and Chinami Yoshida pose with their silver medals after the women's gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curlers (clockwise from far L) Chinami Yoshida, Yurika Yoshida, Satsuki Fujisawa, Kotomi Ishizaki and Yumi Suzuki pose with their silver medals after the women's gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curlers (from R) Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida and Kotomi Ishizaki pose with their silver medals after the women's gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curlers (front, from L) Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida and Yurika Yoshida talk during the fifth end of the women's gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japan's Yurika Yoshida (L) and Chinami Yoshida sweep the ice during the first end of the women's curling gold medal game against Great Britain at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.

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Beijing Olympics: Curling

Japanese curler Chinami Yoshida delivers a shot during a women's round-robin match against Switzerland at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 17, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing. Her younger sister Yurika is seen on the left.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-JPN VS SUI (CN)

(220217) -- BEIJING, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fujisawa Satsuki, Yoshida Yurika, Suzuki Yumi and Yoshida Chinami (from L to R) of Japan react during the curling women's round robin session 12 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and Switzerland at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-JPN VS USA (CN)

(220216) -- BEIJING, Feb. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (L) of Japan competes during the curling women's round robin session 11 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and the United States at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-GRB VS JPN (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Chinami (R) and Yoshida Yurika of Japan compete during the curling women's round robin session 9 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Great Britain and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-GRB VS JPN (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (L) of Japan competes during the curling women's round robin session 9 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Great Britain and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-GRB VS JPN (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika of Japan competes during the curling women's round robin session 9 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Great Britain and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN-JPN vs KOR (CN)

(220214) -- BEIJING, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Suzuki Yumi, Yoshida Yurika, Yoshida Chinami and Fujisawa Satsuki (from L to R) of Japan react during the Curling Women's Round Robin Session 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and South Korea at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN-JPN vs KOR (CN)

(220214) -- BEIJING, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika of Japan curls the stone during the Curling Women's Round Robin Session 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and South Korea at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN-JPN vs KOR (CN)

(220214) -- BEIJING, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Chinami (R) and Yoshida Yurika of Japan compete during the Curling Women's Round Robin Session 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Japan and South Korea at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN-ROC vs JPN(CN)

(220212) -- BEIJING, Feb. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Suzuki Yumi, Yoshida Yurika and Fujisawa Satsuki (from L to R) of Japan react during the Curling Women's Round Robin Session 5 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between ROC and Japan at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-CHN VS JPN (CN)

(220214) -- BEIJING, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Suzuki Yumi (R) and Yoshida Yurika of Japan compete during the curling women's round robin session 7 of Beijing Winter Olympics between China and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-SWE VS JPN (CN)

(220210) -- BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika (L) and Suzuki Yumi of Japan compete during the curling women's round robin session 1 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Sweden and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 10, 2022.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CURLING-WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN SESSION-SWE VS JPN (CN)

(220210) -- BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yoshida Yurika of Japan competes during the curling women's round robin session 1 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Sweden and Japan at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)