Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida beat Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the women's 53-kg final to claim her 12th consecutive title at the wrestling world championships on Thursday.
Three-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho made it a double victory for Japan in the three weight classes contested, downing Russian Valeria Koblova in the 58-kg final to capture her ninth world title.
The 31-year-old Yoshida secured her 15th consecutive world crown, including her three Olympic gold medals at 55 kg, accomplishing the feat six months to the day that her father and former wrestling coach Eikatsu died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage.