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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Family photo during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol, receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (left), during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (left), during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol (right), receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol (right), receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Kick Off - China

An athlete attends a training session for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 20, 2025. World is all set for the first major global competition since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, when over 500 athletes light up the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2025. At least 120 countries are sending teams to the three-day event (21-23 March), with 26 gold medals up for grabs at the Nanjing Sports Training Centre in the People's Republic of China. Photo by Li Ming/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Kick Off - China

An athlete attends a training session for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 20, 2025. World is all set for the first major global competition since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, when over 500 athletes light up the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2025. At least 120 countries are sending teams to the three-day event (21-23 March), with 26 gold medals up for grabs at the Nanjing Sports Training Centre in the People's Republic of China. Photo by Li Ming/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gymnastics gold medalist Oka awarded in Okayama

Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka (R) is given the Okayama prefecture's citizen honor award from Okayama Gov. Ryuta Ibaragi at the prefecture's government office in Okayama on Aug. 26, 2024. The Okayama prefecture native won three gold medals in the men's gymnastics individual all-around, horizontal bar and team events, and a bronze medal in the parallel bars at the Paris Olympics.

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Paris Olympics: Artistic Gymnastics

Shinnosuke Oka of Japan shows off on Aug. 6, 2024, three gold medals he won in the men's gymnastics individual all-around, horizontal bar and team events alongside a bronze medal he won in the parallel bars at the Paris Olympics in Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Artistic Gymnastics

Shinnosuke Oka of Japan shows off on Aug. 6, 2024, three gold medals he won in the men's gymnastics individual all-around, horizontal bar and team events alongside a bronze medal he won in the parallel bars at the Paris Olympics in Paris.

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Paris 2024 - BMX - Triple Medals For Team France

Illustration of the television displaying the scoreboard of the Men's Cycling BMX Racing finals where Romain MAHIEU of Team France won bronze medal, Sylvain ANDRE of Team France won silver medal and Joris DAUDET of Team France won gold which highlights all three medals won by Team France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France on August 2, 2024. Photo by Julien Poupart/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan running from July 14 to 30, China's Qin Haiyang became the first swimmer in history to win all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships, while Australian Kaylee McKeown also emerged victorious in three different events in the women's backstroke. Qin and McKeown were honored as the Best Male and Female Swimmer of 2023 by World Aquatics in October. This file photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows Qin Haiyang of China posing with his medals after the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

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Netherlands sweeps medals in men's 5,000m speedskating

SOCHI, Russia - Fans celebrate Netherlands' complete victory, winning all three medals in the men's 5,000-meter speedskating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Japan wins women's speed skating team pursuit silver medal

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Miho Takagi (C) wears all three silver medals won by Nao Kodaira (L), Masako Hozumi (R) and Maki Tabata after the award ceremony for the women's speed skating team pursuit in the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 27, 2010, at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

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Japan sweeps gold medals at wrestling world championships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan won gold medals in all three women's weight categories at the wrestling world championships Sept. 30 in China. From L to R, Hitomi Sakamoto, Saori Yoshida, and Ayako Shoda.

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Dawson wins freestyle World Cup

YUZAWA, Japan - Toby Dawson of the United States wins the moguls finals on the final day of a freestyle World Cup event at Mt. Naeba Snow Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 22. Americans swept all three medals in the men's final

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Chinese technicians grab medals at WorldSkills Competition in Japan's Kyoto

STORY: Chinese technicians grab medals at WorldSkills Competition in Japan's Kyoto DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: KYOTO, Japan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the awarding ceremony 2. various of the WorldSkills Competition 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHENGYU, Head of the Chinese delegation in Kyoto 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI XIAOSONG, Gold medalist, WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition STORYLINE: Three Chinese young technicians won two gold and one silver medals in all three contests on Wednesday in the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition held in Japan's Kyoto. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHENGYU, Head of the Chinese delegation in Kyoto "The Chinese contestants performed very well in all three events. They had made adequate preparations devotedly. In the competition, they have manifested the skills of young technicians in China. We are satisfied with the result." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI XIAOSONG, Gold medalist, WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition

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JAPAN-KYOTO-WORLDSKILLS COMPETITION-CHINESE COMPETITORS

(221019) -- KYOTO, Oct. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Xiaosong (C), a student from Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering, participates in a contest during the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022. Three Chinese young technicians won two gold and one silver medals in all three contests on Wednesday in the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition held in Japan's Kyoto. On Wednesday's awarding ceremony, Chinese competitors Li Xiaosong and Chen Zhiyong took home the gold medals in the optoelectronic technology and renewable energy contests, respectively, and Zhang Honghao picked up the silver medal in information network cabling. (Xinhua/Hua Yi)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-WORLDSKILLS COMPETITION-CHINESE COMPETITORS

(221019) -- KYOTO, Oct. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese competitors Chen Zhiyong, Zhang Honghao and Li Xiaosong (from L to R) pose for a photo with the Chinese national flag and their medals during the awarding ceremony of the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 19, 2022. Three Chinese young technicians won two gold and one silver medals in all three contests on Wednesday in the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition held in Japan's Kyoto. On Wednesday's awarding ceremony, Chinese competitors Li Xiaosong and Chen Zhiyong took home the gold medals in the optoelectronic technology and renewable energy contests, respectively, and Zhang Honghao picked up the silver medal in information network cabling. (Xinhua)

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Japan sweeps gold medals at wrestling world championships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan won gold medals in all three women's weight categories at the wrestling world championships Sept. 30 in China. From L to R, Hitomi Sakamoto, Saori Yoshida, and Ayako Shoda. (Kyodo)

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Japan ski jumpers sweep medals in 70m event at 1972 Sapporo Olympics

Four Japanese ski jumpers respond to cheers from spectators after three of them won all medals in the 70-meter event at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, northern Japan. The winners are (from L) silver medalist Akitsugu Konno, gold medalist Yukio Kasaya and bronze medalist Seiji Aochi. Takashi Fujisawa (far R) has his number removed after missing out on a medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wins women's speed skating team pursuit silver medal

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Miho Takagi (C) wears all three silver medals won by Nao Kodaira (L), Masako Hozumi (R) and Maki Tabata after the award ceremony for the women's speed skating team pursuit in the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 27, 2010, at the Richmond Olympic Oval. (Kyodo)

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Dawson wins freestyle World Cup

YUZAWA, Japan - Toby Dawson of the United States wins the moguls finals on the final day of a freestyle World Cup event at Mt. Naeba Snow Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 22. Americans swept all three medals in the men's final (Kyodo)