Kaho Minagawa secures Japan's lone Olympic berth for rhythmic gymnastics
Kaho Minagawa on Friday secured Japan one of the 21 Tokyo Olympic berths up for grabs at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. The top 16 individuals from the all-around final and the best five teams in group exercises earn their national federations the right to ...
Kenichiro Fumita clinches Greco-Roman 60-kg gold, Olympic berth
Kenichiro Fumita defeated Russia's Sergey Emelin to claim the men's Greco-Roman 60-kg gold medal Tuesday at the world championships in Kazakhstan, which double as a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old Fumita clinched a 10-5 victory over Emelin, 24, who had won all ...
Olympic Channel heavily invested in success of 2020 Tokyo Games
The Olympic Channel, a sport-focused streaming television service operated by the International Olympic Committee, is hoping that fans tune into the free platform when it covers its first Summer Games in Tokyo next year. Launched at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Games, the ...
Teenager Misugu Okamoto is refusing to entertain thoughts of Tokyo Olympic gold despite becoming skateboarding's youngest world champion over the weekend. The 13-year-old captured the skateboarding park world title in Sao Paulo on Saturday, beating out countrywoman Sakura Yosozumi with Britain's Sky Brown placing third ...
Saeid Mollaei has been in hiding since he left the Iranian judo team last month, saying he had been ordered to withdraw from the world championships on political grounds. Now he's training for next year's Olympics without a guarantee he can compete. Mollaei was the defending ...
Shogo Nakamura and Honami Maeda victorious in MGC races
Shogo Nakamura and Yuma Hattori edged national record holder Suguru Osako to finish first and second in the men's competition at Sunday's Marathon Grand Championship, punching their tickets to next year's Tokyo Olympics. In the women's race, Honami Maeda and Ayuko Suzuki secured spots as ...
South Korea asks IOC to ban 'rising sun' flag at Tokyo Olympics
South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese "rising sun" flag at next year's Tokyo Games, calling it a symbol of Japan's brutal wartime past and comparing it with the Nazi swastika. South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ...
South Korea and North Korea have missed a qualification deadline and will not be able to form a unified women's hockey team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The two countries had agreed to form joint teams in four ...
A judo world champion from Iran is afraid to return home after disobeying orders from the government to withdraw from the world championships in Tokyo to avoid a potential bout against an Israeli opponent. The International Judo Federation said late Sunday that Saeid Mollaei was ...
Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei offered Olympic lifeline by International Judo Federation boss
Iranian judo star Saeid Mollaei, who claimed he was ordered to deliberately lose a world championship fight, could compete under a refugee flag at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, officials said Sunday. International Judo Federation president Marius Vizer has thrown his support behind former world champion ...
Keiju Okada, Jumpei Hokazono claim Tokyo Olympic berths in men's 470
Japanese sailors Keiju Okada and Jumpei Hokazono earned spots at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's 470 class following a solid performance at the World Cup Series Enoshima, which concluded Sunday. The pair finished 11th in the six-day event held in the waters near ...
Ex-minimumweight world champ Katsunari Takayama announces retirement
Former minimumweight world champion Katsunari Takayama said Saturday he will hang up his gloves after missing out on his chance to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Takayama, who was granted an amateur license so he could attempt to qualify for a place at the ...
