NUR-SULTAN – Yukako Kawai earned a bronze medal in the women’s 62-kg division at the World Wrestling Championships on Friday to complement the gold medal won by her sister the day before.
Kawai’s triumph in her bronze-medal match against North Korea’s Rim Jong Sim earned her a spot on Japan’s team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside her older sister, Risako, who won the 57-kg division.
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