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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Aug 26, 2022
Japan's 'Nagamatsu' pair reaches semifinals at world championships
Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto will carry Japan's hopes into the women's doubles semifinals.
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Aug 25, 2022
Kento Momota upset in second round at world championships
Momota lost to H.S. Prannoy for the first time in their nine meetings.
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Aug 22, 2022
Ygor Coelho encouraging Brazilians to dance to rhythm of badminton
The world No. 51 has established himself in the badminton world and says more people in his soccer-mad nation are aiming to follow in his footsteps.
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Jun 20, 2022
Japan's Tanigawa brothers book tickets to gymnastic world championships
Wataru Tanigawa and his younger brother Kakeru were named to Japan's team on Sunday for this year's artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England.
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Figure Skating
Mar 25, 2022
Shoma Uno leads Japan sweep at worlds' short program
Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama was second, while compatriot Kazuki Tomono was third.
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Dec 19, 2021
Japanese players reach three finals at badminton world championships
Tokyo Olympic bronze medalists Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino became the first Japanese mixed-doubles team to reach a final at the badminton world championships on Saturday, with Japanese players also set to appear in two other finals.
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Dec 10, 2021
Rira Suzuki grabs silver at weightlifting world championships
Rira Suzuki and Ibuki Takahashi reached the podium at the weightlifting world championships in Uzbekistan on Wednesday, taking silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's 49-kg division.
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Nov 1, 2021
Japan wins pair of group bronze medals at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held at West Japan General Exhibition Center Annex in Kitakyushu.
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Oct 24, 2021
Kazuma Kaya and Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds
Kaya's second-place finish in the pommel horse added to an already impressive summer in which he won Olympic bronze in the same discipline.
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Oct 20, 2021
Mai Murakami headlines Japanese women's finalists at worlds
The 25-year-old Murakami qualified for the finals in the floor exercise, where she finished first, along with the balance beam.
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Oct 7, 2021
Remina Yoshimoto and Akari Fujinami crowned women's world champions
Remina Yoshimoto and Akari Fujinami won two of the four available women's gold medals for Japan on Wednesday
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Jun 13, 2021
Kokoro Kageura and Sara Asahina claim heavyweight wins at worlds
Kageura broke a world championship drought for Japan in the men's over 100-kilogram division dating back to 2003 by defeating Russia's Tamerlan Bashaev in the final at Laszlo Papp Arena.
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Jun 9, 2021
Japanese-born Christa Deguchi misses out on Olympic selection for Canada
The Nagano native represented Japan before switching her competitive allegiance to Canada, her father's birthplace, to improve her chances of reaching the Olympics.
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Jun 8, 2021
Joshiro Maruyama and Ai Shishime become two-time world champions
Shishime took the women's 52-kilogram category, recapturing the title she last won in 2017, before Maruyama went back-to-back as men's 66-kg world champion.
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Mar 17, 2021
Miyabi Onitsuka grabs bronze in big air at world championships
Miyabi Onitsuka finished third in the women's snowboard big air Tuesday on the final day of the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado.
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Mar 14, 2021
Yuto Totsuka wins maiden halfpipe world championship
The 19-year-old dethroned three-time champion Scotty James to position himself as the man to beat in the upcoming 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Figure Skating
Mar 13, 2021
Nathan Chen more anxious about travel than world championships
The 21-year-old also wants to see strict health and safety protocols enforced after being less than impressed with how some other events were run during the pandemic.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 23, 2020
Long layoffs could prove detrimental to amateur and pro rikishi
The cancellations caused by the coronavirus will likely have an adverse effect on the sumo world.
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Apr 7, 2020
Wrestling's governing body to hold world championships during Olympic year for first time in 2021
The international wrestling governing body, United World Wresting (UWW), plans to keep its world championships in 2021, which would mark the first time the event is staged in an Olympic year, UWW's vice president said Monday.
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Figure Skating
Feb 4, 2020
Reverting to past program was Hanyu's choice
Yuzuru Hanyu's bid to recapture the world title he last won in 2017 meant turning back the clock and being himself, one of his coaches, Ghislain Briand, said Monday ahead of this week's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

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