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SHOHEI ONO

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Mar 8, 2023
Olympic great Shohei Ono confirms retirement and shift to coaching
The three-time 73-kg world champion plans to start a two-year-long course in England as part of the Japanese Olympic Committee's overseas training program for sports instructors.
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Dec 15, 2022
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shohei Ono to retire from competition and move into coaching
Two-time men's 73-kg Olympic judo champion Shohei Ono has decided to step away from competition, including the 2024 Paris Games, and will focus on coaching, a source with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.
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Jul 26, 2021
Day 3 recap: Japan scoops up more golds as locals warm to the Games
Japan struck more gold on Monday as sentiment toward the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organizers to grab a glimpse of the Games.
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Jul 26, 2021
Shohei Ono makes it another golden day for Japan in judo
Ono won gold in the the men's under-73 kilogram division on Monday at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.
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Apr 15, 2020
Reigning judo champion Shohei Ono puts Olympic delay in perspective
Judoka Shohei Ono is taking the challenge of the unprecedented one-year Olympic postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic in his stride as he prepares to defend his 73-kg title on home soil next summer in Tokyo.
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Feb 27, 2020
Japan judo federation names bulk of Olympic team
Shohei Ono will grapple for his second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's 73-kg division, this time on home soil, after being named to Japan's judo team for this summer's Tokyo Games on Thursday.
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Feb 23, 2020
Grand Slam win keeps Shohei Ono on track to Olympic title defense
Shohei Ono captured gold at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam for the third straight year on Saturday, earning a decisive victory in a bid to defend his Olympic title on home soil this summer.
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Sep 1, 2019
Japan captures third straight mixed-team gold medal at world championships
Japan's judoka brought the curtain down on the world championships and brought the home crowd to its feet on Sunday by clinching their third-straight mixed-team gold medal.
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Aug 27, 2019
Shohei Ono nabs third world title; Tsukasa Yoshida claims silver
Reigning Olympic champion Shohei Ono won his third title in the men's 73-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Tuesday, while fellow Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver in the women's 57-kg class.
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Aug 21, 2019
Inoue sets ambitious goal for Japan's judoka
Japan's national men's judo team coach Kosei Inoue said he will be using the world championships starting Sunday at Tokyo's famed Nippon Budokan as a springboard to success at the 2020 Summer Games.
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Apr 7, 2019
Rio Olympic judo champ Shohei Ono among national invitational winners
Shohei Ono, Olympic champion in the men's 73-kg division, defeated 2017 world champion Soichi Hashimoto to win his third title at the national invitational weight class judo championships on Sunday.
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Feb 24, 2019
Japan wins three more golds on second day of Dusseldorf Grand Slam
Olympic gold medalist Shohei Ono defeated countryman Masashi Ebinuma in the men's 73-kg division final as Japan won three gold medals on Saturday, the second day of the Dusseldorf Grand Slam.
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Aug 31, 2018
Determined Shohei Ono battles past An Chang-rim to earn 73-kg gold
Shohei Ono put on a show at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, winning four of the five matches by ippon. By doing so, he nabbed a gold medal in the men's 73-kg judo competition.
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Aug 30, 2018
Shohei Ono conquers 73-kg judo division at Asian Games
Shohei Ono added an Asian Games gold to his collection of honors on Thursday when he beat An Chang-rim of South Korea in a tight contest.
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May 2, 2017
Japan judo coach Inoue unveils new-look national squad for worlds
National team coach Kosei Inoue is upbeat over the depth of Japanese judo and heated competition among domestic athletes as 10 of his 18 selected members will make their world championships debut in Budapest starting in August.
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Mar 4, 2017
Ono set to compete at open-weight national championships
Judoka Shohei Ono will compete in the open-weight national championships on April 29, sources close to him said Saturday.
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Mar 1, 2017
Rio gold medalist Ono to skip invitational championships, will likely miss worlds
Men's 73-kg Rio Olympic gold medalist Shohei Ono will sit out the national invitational weight class championships in Fukuoka next month to focus on his academic studies, the All Japan Judo Federation said Wednesday.
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Dec 24, 2016
Ono honored as Judoka of Year
Shohei Ono won the International Judo Federation's Judoka of the Year Award for men on Friday after capturing his first Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, where he triumphed in the men's 73-kg category.
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Aug 30, 2016
Japan's judo gold medalists praise country's efforts with eye on 2020 Games
Japan's Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport's world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succeed at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be enormous.
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Aug 9, 2016
Shohei Ono breaks Japan's judo gold drought after team bags five bronze
Reigning world champion Shohei Ono has claimed Japan's first judo gold of Rio 2016 on Monday, ending a run of five bronze medals in the sport over the first three days of the Games.

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