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U S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Nov 7, 2022
Jessica Gadirova caps Britain's best showing at worlds with gold
Jessica Gadirova claimed gold for Britain in the women's floor exercise to seal the nation's best-ever medal haul on the final day of the World Gymnastics Championship in Liverpool on Sunday.
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Nov 7, 2022
Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese woman to win title at artistic gymnastics world championships
Watanabe joins an exclusive club in Japan as only the fourth woman to win a gymnastics world title.
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Nov 6, 2022
Wei Xiaoyuan retains bars title; Ireland claims first worlds gold
The 18-year-old gave China their first women's gold medal in Liverpool with a winning score of 14.966, defending the crown she won last year in Kitakyushu.
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Oct 26, 2022
Daiki Hashimoto looks to land elusive team gold at worlds
The 21-year-old, the new face of Japanese gymnastics after the retirement of Kohei Uchimura, is eager for Japan to end the competition on top of the podium.
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Oct 19, 2021
Mai Murakami tops floor preliminaries at worlds
The 25-year-old, who became the first Japanese female gymnast to medal in an individual event at the Olympics, has said the event will be her final career appearance.
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Sep 14, 2021
Gymnastics world championships in Kitakyushu to allow spectators
With COVID-19 infections declining in the area, organizers are planning to let fans attend the artistic and rhythmic gymnastics events in late October.
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Nov 8, 2020
Kitakyushu to host both gymnastics world championships in 2021
The southern city of Kitakyushu will host the 2021 Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced on Sunday, becoming the first city to welcome both events in the same year.
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Nov 1, 2018
Artur Dalaloyan takes gold in all-around at worlds
Japan, without six-time world all-around champion and two-time reigning Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura, came away without a men's individual all-around medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Wednesday for the first time since 1995.
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Oct 23, 2018
Kohei Uchimura withdraws from all-around event at worlds
Kohei Uchimura said Monday he will pull out of the individual all-around event at the upcoming World Artistic Gymnastics Championships due to a right-ankle injury he sustained last month.
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Oct 8, 2017
Shirai wins third floor exercise gold
Kenzo Shirai won the men's floor exercise gold medal for the third time at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Saturday.
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Sep 2, 2017
Minagawa takes fifth at worlds
Kaho Minagawa finished fifth in the individual all-around on Friday at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, marking the best finish in the event by a Japanese in 42 years.
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Aug 31, 2017
Rhythmic gymnast Minagawa receives bronze in women's individual hoop event at worlds
Kaho Minagawa earned the bronze medal in the individual hoop competition at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Wednesday, becoming the first Japanese in 42 years to make a podium finish in an individual event.
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Oct 24, 2015
Japan women provisionally fourth at worlds qualifying
Japan provisionally took fourth place in the women's team qualifying on the first day of the World Gymnastics Championships on Friday as it bids to book the third straight place in the Olympics.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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