Wrestler Kaori Icho on Tuesday requsted more time to decide on competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, when she received a Guiness World Records certificate for her Olympian feats. Asked about her plans for 2020 at the award ceremony, Icho, who is currently ...
Three-time Olympic women's freestyle wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida said Tuesday she believes that retiring figure skater Mao Asada should be bestowed with the People's Honor Award. Speaking at an event in Tokyo a day after Mao announced she was calling time on her glittering ...
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was recently awarded the People's Honor Award.
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was awarded the People's Honor Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday. Icho, who became the first woman ever to win four successive individual Olympic golds when she beat Russia's Koblova Zholobova to claim the 58-kg freestyle ...
An estimated 800,000 spectators thronged the streets of Tokyo on Friday to celebrate Japan's Rio Olympic and Paralympic medal-winning athletes in an open-top parade. The procession of 50 Olympians and 37 Paralympians traveled a 2.5-km course from the city's Toranomon area, through Ginza to the ...
The government said Tuesday it will bestow the People's Honor Award on Kaori Icho who became the first female wrestler to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals at last month's Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. "Her accomplishments have moved many people deeply and given ...
The government plans to grant the People's Honor Award to Kaori Icho, a 32-year-old Japanese wrestler who won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games. Icho's performance in the women's freestyle 58-kg category at the games was widely lauded. Sources told Jiji ...
Nenad Lalovic, the president of United World Wrestling, on Friday paid glowing tribute to Japan's Kaori Icho after she scored her fourth straight Olympic gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the Rio Games. The 32-year-old Icho defeated Russia's Valeriia Koblova Zholobova in the 58-kg ...
Grappler Kaori Icho wins a historic fourth consecutive gold medal as Team Japan gets away with a clean sweep of the wrestling mat at the Rio Olympics.
There will be more than meets the eye riding on freestyle wrestler Saori Yoshida's bid for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Olympic title the Rio Games. Not only will the 33-year-old be aiming to achieve victory in what could likely be her swansong, but she has ...
The uncertainty around Russia's Olympic buildup means Japan and other countries could be in a position to make a significant jump on the medal table at next month's Rio Olympics, according to a group of analysts. With Russia's normally successful athletics competitors soon to find ...
The finalists from the world championships last September will be seeded at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, United World Wrestling announced Thursday. The decision will boost women's 53-kg division World champion Saori Yoshida, aiming for her fourth straight Olympic gold, as well as Kaori ...
