Wrestling icon Kaori Icho's bid for fifth Olympic title hits wall
Four-time defending Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho's bid for a fifth title took a severe hit on Saturday, when the 35-year-old failed to qualify for September's World Wrestling Championships. Icho lost her 57-kg qualification playoff against Rio de Janeiro Olympic 63-kg champ Risako Kawai, who ...
Kaori Icho's 2020 Olympic bid hits roadblock after national final loss
Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho was defeated at the national invitational championships on Sunday and will have to prevail in a playoff in July to secure a spot at this year's world championships, which double as a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo ...
Kaori Icho wrapped up her first international tournament since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday with a women's 57-kg weight class bronze medal in the Asian Championships. The 34-year-old became the first Japanese woman to fail to reach her final, when she lost ...
Kaori Icho set to make return to international competition in April
Four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho will represent Japan at April's Asian Championships in her first international competition since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japan Wrestling Federation said Monday. Icho, who is aiming to win her fifth straight Olympic gold medal at the ...
Kaori Icho flashes old form to win rematch against Risako Kawai
Four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho took a step toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, winning her rematch against fellow Rio Olympic champion Risako Kawai at the national wrestling championships. Icho, who declared for the first time on Saturday that she would attempt to compete ...
Risako Kawai upsets Kaori Icho in first round at national championships
Four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho overcame a loss to Rio de Janeiro Summer Games gold medalist Risako Kawai at the national wrestling championships on Saturday and declared she is now gunning to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Icho and Kawai's group-stage match was the ...
Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho victorious in return to the mat
Four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho on Sunday won her first competition since returning from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Icho won three bouts for her victory in the women's 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's ...
Former wrestling official Kazuhito Sakae files defamation suit against Kaori Icho's coach
Kazuhito Sakae, the prominent wrestling coach who came under fire for harassing four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho, has filed a defamation suit against another coach believed to have first made the allegations, Sakae's lawyer said Saturday. Sakae, who brought the case to the Nagoya District ...
JWF apolgizes to Olympic legend Kaori Icho and other athletes for power harassment
The Japan Wrestling Federation said Friday it has apologized to four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho and other athletes for the power harassment they suffered at the hands of former JWF development director Kazuhito Sakae. Chairman Tomiaki Fukuda met with Icho early this month to issue ...
Kaori Icho plans to launch comeback at All Japan Women's Open Championships
Four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho will return to competition with the aim of earning selection for the 2020 Tokyo Games, sources said Tuesday. Icho, 34, who has not competed since winning the 58-kg division at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, is expected to ...
Former Japan Wrestling Federation development director Kazuhito Sakae was officially dismissed as head coach of the Shigakkan University wrestling team, following approval by the school's board of directors on Monday. Sakae, who resigned from the JWF in April for power harassment of four-time Olympic wrestling ...
Former Japan Wrestling Federation development director Kazuhito Sakae, who resigned in April for power-harassing four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho, issued a public apology on Thursday. "I would like to express my deepest apologies to Icho and her coach (Chikara) Tanabe," Sakae said. "I will treat ...
