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China grabs 3 more gold medals at Wushu Championships

STORY: China grabs 3 more gold medals at Wushu Championships SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 19, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: FORT WORTH, U.S. CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of athletes competing in the Daoshu 2. various of athletes competing in the Gunshu 3. various of athletes competing in the Qiangshu 4. various of athletes competing in Sanda 5. Shot of the judge announcing the winner 6. various of the medal ceremony STORYLINE: China grabbed three more gold medals at the 16th World Wushu Championships (WWC) in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on Sunday. Yao Yang won the gold medal in the women's Jianshu event, Liu Xin won the women's Daoshu event, and Zhang Qingchun got the men's gold medal in the Qiangshu event. As of Sunday, China continues to occupy the top spot in the gold medal list with seven gold medals, according to the International Wushu Federation. The 16th World Wushu Championships, which began on Thursday in Fort Worth, brings the world's top Wushu athletes to the United Sta

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Hong Kong holds welcome ceremony for delegation returning from Chengdu Universiade

STORY: Hong Kong holds welcome ceremony for delegation returning from Chengdu Universiade DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the welcome home ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held Wednesday at the Hong Kong International Airport to welcome the Hong Kong, China Delegation returning from the 31st FISU World University Games, which concluded on Tuesday in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. More than 140 athletes in Hong Kong's largest delegation competed in 11 sports at the games and gained 12 medals, including four gold, one silver and seven bronze. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China. (XHTV)

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Ervin ends Thorpe's gold streak at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - American Anthony Ervin celebrates his victory in the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the swimming world championships on July 27 at Marine Messe Fukuoka. Ervin ended Australian Ian Thorpe's bid to walk off with seven gold medals at the championships.

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Wang Nan defends world title

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Wang Nan successfully defended her world title at the world table tennis championships in Osaka on May 5 by beating 14th-ranked Lin Ling 14-21, 21-12, 21-12, 21-19, to keep China on course for a sweep of all seven gold medals on offer.

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Narita return home from Paralympics

NARITA, Japan - With seven gold medals hung around her neck, Japanese swimmer Mayumi Narita poses for pictures on returning from the Sydney Paralympic Games on Nov. 1.

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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.

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Norway's Daehlie wins his 7th gold medal

Norway's Bjorn Daehlie becomes the first athlete to win seven Winter Games gold medals Feb. 18 when the Norway team won the 4x10-km relay. Daehlie (R) takes over from the second runner Erling Jevne (L) as the 3rd runner.

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Kaneto rewrites own Japanese record in World Cup win

Gold medalist Rie Kaneto (C) of Japan, silver medalist Yuliya Efimova (L) of Russia and bronze medalist Breeja Larson of the United States pose with their medals during the award ceremony for the women's 200-meter breaststroke event at a short-course format World Cup meet in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2016. Kaneto rewrote her own Japanese record in the event for the first time in seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Czech gymnast Caslavska dies at 74

File photo taken in September 2014 in Prague shows Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska accepting a media interview. Caslavska, who claimed a total of seven Olympic gold medals at the Tokyo and Mexico City Games, died on Aug. 30, 2016, at 74. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Czech gymnast Caslavska dies at 74

File photo taken in October 2011 in Tokyo shows Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska holding the gold medal she won at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Caslavska, who claimed a total of seven Olympic gold medals at the Tokyo and Mexico City Games, died on Aug. 30, 2016, at 74. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Czech gymnast Caslavska dies at 74

File photo taken in October 1964 shows Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska performing on the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Caslavska, who claimed a total of seven Olympic gold medals at the Tokyo and Mexico City Games, died on Aug. 30, 2016, at 74. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's Kaneto, Hagino meet press

Japanese swimmers Kosuke Hagino (R) and Rie Kaneto pose for a photograph with their gold medals at a press conference on Aug. 14, 2016, a day after the end of the Games' swimming competitions. Japanese swimmers won seven medals including the two golds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Octopus "predicts" 8 gold medals for Japan at Rio

An octopus predicts at an event in Akashi, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2016 that the country will win eight gold medals at the Rio Olympics, compared with seven at the 2012 London Olympics. The cephalopod was placed in a tank with three plastic boxes labeled "7 or under," "8" and "9 or more," and the octopus chose the middle one. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ervin ends Thorpe's gold streak at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - American Anthony Ervin celebrates his victory in the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the swimming world championships on July 27 at Marine Messe Fukuoka. Ervin ended Australian Ian Thorpe's bid to walk off with seven gold medals at the championships.

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Wang Nan defends world title

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Wang Nan successfully defended her world title at the world table tennis championships in Osaka on May 5 by beating 14th-ranked Lin Ling 14-21, 21-12, 21-12, 21-19, to keep China on course for a sweep of all seven gold medals on offer.

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Narita return home from Paralympics

NARITA, Japan - With seven gold medals hung around her neck, Japanese swimmer Mayumi Narita poses for pictures on returning from the Sydney Paralympic Games on Nov. 1.

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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.