Yukako Kawai earns family's second medal at 2019 world championships
Yukako Kawai earned a bronze medal in the women's 62-kg division at the World Wrestling Championships on Friday to complement the gold medal won by her sister the day before. Kawai's triumph in her bronze-medal match against North Korea's Rim Jong Sim earned her a ...
Risako Kawai defeated defending women’s 57-kg champion Rong Ningning of China on Thursday to capture the third world championship gold medal of her career. Kawai had booked her spot at next year's Tokyo Olympics in the 57-kg division the day before by winning her semifinal. ...
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 ...
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno claim gold medals at World Wrestling Championships for second straight year
Yui Susaki and Haruna Okuno captured gold medals for the second straight year at the World Wrestling Championships on Thursday, but both 19-year-old Olympic hopefuls did it in different weight classes from last year. In addition to Susaki's gold in the women's 50-kg class and ...
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno and Yukako Kawai reach weight class finals at world championships
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno and Yukako Kawai secured berths in their women's weight class finals at the World Wrestling Championships on Wednesday. In her first 50-kg freestyle bout at Papp Laszlo Arena, the 19-year-old Susaki, the 48-kg world champion in 2017, needed just 1 minute, ...
Takuto Otoguro sets record as Japan's youngest gold medalist at wrestling worlds
Takuto Otoguro won the 65-kilogram freestyle final at the World Wrestling Championships on Monday, becoming Japan's youngest male wrestling world gold medalist at the age of 19 years, 10 months. Otoguro defeated Indian star Bajrang Punia 16-9. He rewrote the previous Japanese record -— 20 ...
Takuto Otoguro advanced to the World Wrestling Championships finals on Sunday, setting up the chance to become Japan's youngest male world champion. Otoguro defeated Russia's Akhmed Chakaev 15-10 in the men's 65-kg weight class on the second day of action at Budapest Sports Arena. The 19-year-old ...
Yuki Takahashi defeated Thomas Gilman of the United States 6-0 to win the men's 57-kg freestyle final at the world wrestling championships on Friday for Japan's first freestyle gold in 36 years. The 23-year-old reigning Asian champion and 2016 national champion was appearing in his ...
Kaori Icho breezed to victory against Finland's Petra Olli in the women's 58-kg final to capture her 10th world title on Thursday. Icho, a three time Olympic champion, followed up Saori Yoshida's win the night before, scoring a 10-0 technical fall victory over Olli to ...
Japan failed to win a medal on Friday in the final women's weight class at the world championships, when Rio Watari lost in the first round of the 63-kg category. Watari's defeat to last year's beaten finalist, Mongolia's Battsetseg Soronzonbold, saw the women finish with ...
Eri Tosaka successfully defended her title in the women's 48-kg class by beating Iwona Nina Matkowska of Poland in the final at the World Wrestling Championships on Wednesday. Japan's women claimed two of the four gold medals on offer on the third day of the ...
Yuki Takahashi missed out on Japan's first medal at the World Wrestling Championships, losing to Iran's Hassan Rahimi in the men's 57 kg third-place match on Monday. The 20-year-old Takahashi lost to North Korea's Yang Kyong Il in the quarterfinals and moved to the repechage, ...
