This year's Tokyo Olympics provided a grand entrance for dynamic pitcher Miu Goto, whose star performance at the age of 20 only whetted her appetite for bigger and better things.
Goto went from having no expectations of personal success for Japan to earning the win in three of Japan's five victories during the Tokyo Games as she racked up 22 strikeouts without allowing a run in 10⅔ innings. She made her debut in the Olympics' opening competition, Japan's 8-1 win over Australia.
"Everyone had their eye on that (first game)," she told Kyodo News recently. "I was unbelievably nervous."