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Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

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Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Yung Wei YANG

Yung Wei

Japan is a special place for Yang Yung Wei.
It’s where he wrote history for Chinese Taipei, winning its first medal in judo.
But Japan is also the place that welcomed him as a student and where he developed as man and as an athlete.
Yang is now back to

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men's 60kg - Semifinal - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Yang Yung Wei of Taiwan reacts after winning REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Yang Yung Wei

Chinese Taipei's history maker Yang Yung Wei: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight first”

At Tokyo 2020 Yang Yung Wei became Chinese Taipei's first Olympic medallist in judo. In this exclusive interview the 25-year-old opens up on how the sport changed his life: "Judo created the complete Yang Yung Wei."

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

Yang Yung Wei: "Judo makes me complete, without it I’ll have nothing"

Winning an Olympic medal can transform you into an instant social media celebrity, especially if nobody from your country had done it before in your sport.
That's definitely what happened to Chinese Taipei's judoka Yang Yung Wei after claiming silver in the -60kg event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in

Yang Yung Wei (Chinese Taipei) Credit: Emanuele Di Feliciantonio (IJF)

Yang Yung Wei: How Chinese Taipei's first-ever judo Olympic medallist became a social media star

TAKATO Naohisa has the honour of being Japan's first gold medallist at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 after winning by ippon over YANG Yung Wei of Chinese Taipei in the judo men's -60kg contest.
Takato was also the bronze medallist in the same event at Rio 2016.
"For the past

Judo - Olympics: Day 1

TAKATO Naohisa wins Japan's first gold medal of Tokyo 2020

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Tokyo 2020

Yung Wei YANG

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