Mai Murakami, the first Japanese woman to earn an all-around silver medal at a world championships, revealed Thursday she will retire from competition after next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
“The only thing on my mind is giving it my all until Tokyo, when I will make a break,” she told a news conference the day before the Japan senior championships in Fukui Prefecture.
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