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Watch all the Olympic Gold Medal moments from Japan at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Japan in Tokyo

A truly medal-worthy performance from R Kawai. Take a look at one of their greatest moments!

Risako KAWAI

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Medal Moment | Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Freestyle 57kg - R Kawai (JPN)

Indian freestyle wrestler Anshu Malik has just turned 19, but is already being talked about as a potential future Olympic gold medallist.
She first made a name for herself by pinning down gold in the World and Asian Cadet Championships, before being crowned Junior Asian champion in 2019.
Her senior

Anshu Malik

Nineteen and nerveless, India's Anshu Malik is wrestling's next big thing

All the Olympic highlights from Japan, set to the national anthem.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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National anthem: The best of Japan in Rio

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Risako KAWAI (JPN) df. Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) by TF, 10-0

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Risako KAWAI (JPN) df. Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT), 8-2

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Risako KAWAI (JPN) df. Maryia MAMASHUK (BLR), 6-0

Gold for Maroulis (USA), Kawai (JPN) and Wiebe (CAN).

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Wrestling: Women's Freestyle 53kg, 63kg & 75kg | Rio 2016 Replays

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Risako KAWAI (JPN) df. Monika Ewa MICHALIK (POL), 5-0

Risako Kawai wins gold for Japan in the women's freestyle 63kg final.

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Kawai wins Freestyle Wrestling gold

Highlights from day 14 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Postcards from Rio - Day 14: young guns

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Risako

The 2024 World Wrestling Championships in non-Olympic weight divisions is back after an eight-year absence and will be held in Tirana, Albania, from 28-31 October.
Despite the event being closed to athletes who took part in the Paris 2024 Olympics, a star-studded line-up is set to compete including Olympic champions

David Taylor is the 86kg No. 1 seed for the 2023 Wrestling World Championships, but is considering a switch to MMA after the Paris 2024 Olympics.

David Taylor is the 86kg No. 1 seed for the 2023 Wrestling World Championships

2024 World Wrestling Championships: Preview and how to watch

Action from the wrestling mats at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 lived up to expectations with blockbuster finals and the crowning of champions, most of whom are first-time medallists.
Among the highlights were David Taylor’s victory over Hassan Yazdani and Abdulrashid Sadulaev’s triumph over Kyle Snyder in the titanic battle

CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: David Morris Taylor III of Team United States competes against Hassan Yazdanicharati of Team Iran during the Men's Freestyle 86kg Final on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 05, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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What we learned: Wrestling wrap-up from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Japan’s KAWAI Risako has won her second Olympic gold medal in wrestling after beating Belarus’ Iryna Kurachkina 5-0 in the final of the freestyle 57kg at Tokyo 2020.
As the bell went the 26-year-old waved to her sister KAWAI Yukako who was cheering from the stands at the Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: Risako Kawai of Team Japan competes against Iryna Kurachkina of Team Belarus during the Women's Freestyle 57kg Final on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 05, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Wrestling - Olympics: Day 13

Japan's KAWAI Risako wins women's wrestling freestyle 57kg

Japan has named a formidable line up for the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships to be held in New Delhi from February 18-23.
All the Japanese wrestlers who have qualified for the 2020 Olympics as well as multiple world champions will be in action in the Indian capital.
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Japan names star-studded squad for Asian Wrestling Championships

The ancient sport of wrestling comes to Kazakhstan's futuristic capital Nur-Sultan for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, 14-22 September.
The likes of Jordan Burroughs, Abdulrashid Sadulaev, and Vinesh Phogat will do battle in the freestyle wrestling, while all eyes will be on triple Olympic champion Mijain Lopez in the Greco-Roman

UWW World Championships - Nur-Sultan

Jordan Burroughs

2019 Wrestling World Championships: Things you need to know

The World Wrestling Championships began in Budapest on Saturday with 30 titles at stake in the Hungarian capital.
This is the first year where there will be 10 weight divisions (up from eight) in each of men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's wrestling.
With just six classes in Olympic competition,

Jordan Burroughs bids to join wrestling's greats in Budapest

Who and what to look out for at the Wrestling World Championships

Tokyo 2020

Rio 2016

Watch KAWAI Risako (JPN) win the gold medal of the Women's Freestyle 57kg at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Wrestling | Gold Medal | Women's Freestyle 57kg | Tokyo 2020

This event took place on 05/08/2021 at the Makuhari Messe Hall A, Tokyo. It includes the Men's Freestyle 57kg and 86kg Finals and the Women's Freestyle 57kg Final as well as their Victory Ceremonies and the Men's Freestyle 74kg and 125kg Semifinals as well as the Women's Freestyle 53kg Semifinals. Uguev (ROC) claimed Gold in the Men's Freestyle 57kg, Taylor III (USA) in the Men's Freestyle 86kg and Kawai (JPN) in the Women's Freestyle 57kg

Risako KAWAI

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Japan in Tokyo

Medal Moment | Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Freestyle 57kg - R Kawai (JPN)

Nineteen and nerveless, India's Anshu Malik is wrestling's next big thing

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Olympic Results

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Japan in Tokyo

Medal Moment | Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Freestyle 57kg - R Kawai (JPN)

Nineteen and nerveless, India's Anshu Malik is wrestling's next big thing

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Olympic Results

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