Japan beats U.S. for softball gold
BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility. Japan earned a stunning 3-1 victory over the ...
Asian powerhouse Japan was outperformed by minor medal rival China and finished fourth after the technical routine in the synchronized swimming team event at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Japan, featuring duet bronze-medalists Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki, suffered from some slight synchronization errors to ...
Japan outplays U.S. to win softball gold
BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility. Japan earned a stunning 3-1 victory over the ...
Rei Nishiyama singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning Wednesday, lifting Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia for a rematch with the United States in the softball final at the Beijing Olympics. The game appeared to be over again ...
Suzuki, Harada claim bronze in duet swim
BEIJING — Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada captured the bronze medal in synchronized swimming on Wednesday, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the duet final at the Beijing Olympics. Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova, who led after the technical routine ...
Matsunaga settles for silver in 55-kg wrestling
Tomohiro Matsunaga hoped to spring a surprise gold medal for Japan on Tuesday but had to settle for second place after losing to American Henry Cejudo in the men's freestyle 55 kg at the Beijing Olympics. Cejudo denied Matsunaga the chance to win Japan's first ...
Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada advance to the synchronized swimming duet final at the Beijing Olympics after placing third in the free routine preliminary on Tuesday. Suzuki and Harada, team silver medalists at the 2004 Athens Games, scored 48.500 points in the free routine preliminary ...
Japan blanks Canada in softball
Yukiko Ueno pitched three-hit ball over six shutout innings as Japan blanked Canada 6-0 in its final preliminary round game of the Beijing Olympic softball tournament on Monday. Rei Nishiyama hit a two-run single in the second inning to ignite the offense and Japan, which ...
Younger Icho wins wrestling gold; Hamaguchi settles for bronze
Golden Girl No. 2, please stand up. Kaori Icho successfully defended her crown in the women's freestyle at 63 kg in a victory over Alena Kartashova of Russia on Sunday following a gold medal finish by countrywoman Saori Yoshida a day earlier at the Beijing ...
Eri Yamada hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run fifth-inning rally Sunday as Japan beat Venezuela 5-2 in the preliminary round of the Beijing Olympic softball tournament, securing a medal for the third straight Olympics. Japan picked up its fifth win in six games ...
Murofushi falls short in hammer defense
BEIJING — Koji Murofushi's reign as Olympic champion ended on Sunday. Hammer thrower Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia captured the Beijing Games title with a top throw of 82.02 meters at National Stadium. "I'm happy," Kozmus said. "This is my dream come true. I'm very satisfied with ...
Saori Yoshida proved to be an indestructible force Saturday but countrywoman Chiharu Icho saw her dream of realizing Olympic gold with her younger sister Kaori dashed after having to settle for silver in women's freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Games. Yoshida successfully defended her title ...
