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YUKIKO INUI

Artistic swimmer Yukiko Inui celebrates on the podium after winning the women's solo free final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 19.
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Oct 20, 2023
Olympic medalist Yukiko Inui to retire
Inui earned bronze in both the team and duet events at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Yukiko Inui competes in the women's solo free artistic swimming final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Wednesday.
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Jul 20, 2023
Yukiko Inui repeats two-gold performance at this year's world championships
Host Japan has won four artistic swimming golds so far in Fukuoka.
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Jul 20, 2023
Yukiko Inui repeats two-gold performance at this year's world championships
Host Japan has won four artistic swimming golds so far in Fukuoka.
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Jun 23, 2022
Yukiko Inui captures second gold at swimming world championships
Inui is the first artistic swimmer from Japan to win multiple gold medals at a single world championships.
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Jun 19, 2022
Artistic swimmer Yukiko Inui wins historic first gold for Japan at worlds
The 31-year-old scored 92.8662 points to capture the women's solo technical artistic swimming final on the first day of action at the world championships in Budapest.
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Aug 7, 2021
Once a synchro star, host Japan struggles to retain bronze in artistic swimming
Though Japan has never won gold since synchronized swimming became an Olympic sport in 1984, it has taken either silver or bronze, in duet or team, every year except for London 2012.
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Apr 27, 2018
Japan claims two golds on opening day of Artistic Swimming World Series third leg
Japan got off to a winning start Friday with golds in the solo and team technical routines on the opening day of the Japan Open, the third leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series.
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Jul 19, 2017
Japan captures synchro bronze at second straight world championships
Japan won the bronze medal in the women's technical routine team competition at the world swimming championships for the second time in a row on Tuesday, securing the country's first podium finish at the ongoing meet in Budapest.
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Nov 20, 2016
Inui, Nakamaki win Asian synchronized swimming title
Yukiko Inui and Kanami Nakamaki won the women's duet free routine in synchronized swimming at the Asian swimming championships on Sunday.
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Aug 20, 2016
Japan nabs bronze in team synchro
Japan produced a solid performance Friday to swim off with the team synchronized swimming bronze at the Rio Games.
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Aug 17, 2016
Japan's Inui, Mitsui win synchronized swimming duet bronze in Rio
Displaying poise, passion and precision, Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui captured the synchronized swimming duet bronze medal, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
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Jul 28, 2015
Japan earns synchronized swimming bronze at worlds
Japan won the bronze in the team technical routine of the women's synchronized swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships on Monday, the second medal in the biennial event for Japan since 2007 following a bronze in duet a day earlier.
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Jul 27, 2015
Inui, Mitsui earn bronze in duet technical routine at worlds
Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui won the bronze in the women's duet technical routine in synchronized swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, the first medal in the biennial event for Japan since 2007.

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