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Olympics: WADA chief "not comfortable" with ex-Valieva coach being in Milan
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (314+ words) MILAN - The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday expressed unease that the former coach of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was at the center of a doping controversy at the 2022 Games, is involved with another athlete at…...
More countries curb 1-on-1 coaching of underage athletes to prevent abuse
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) TOKYO - As awareness of abuse and violence toward young athletes has risen, a growing number of sporting bodies around the world are restricting one-on-one coaching of those underage as a precaution. In the United States, it comes against the backdrop…...
Gymnastics: Sugihara wins floor gold, beam bronze for 1st worlds' podiums
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (328+ words) JAKARTA - Japan's Aiko Sugihara won the women's floor exercise gold at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Saturday after taking bronze on the beam. The 26-year-old veteran scored 13.833 points in the floor exercise final in Jakarta and topped the podium…...
Gymnastics: Resurgent Hashimoto wins 3rd straight all-around worlds title
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (394+ words) JAKARTA - Japan's Daiki Hashimoto seized his third straight men's individual all-around title at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Wednesday, a feat only achieved previously by fellow countryman and icon Kohei Uchimura. Hashimoto, who won gold in the individual all-around…...
Gymnastics: Japan's Hashimoto tops world championship all-around qualifying
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) JAKARTA - Japan's Tokyo Games gold medalist Daiki Hashimoto topped qualifying for the men's all-around competition Monday at the world gymnastics championships in Jakarta, with Paris Olympic winner Shinnosuke Oka advancing to the final in 12th place. Hashimoto, who competed Sunday on…...
Gymnastics: Japan wins 1st rhythmic group all-around world championship
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (132+ words) RIO DE JANEIRO - Japan won its first rhythmic gymnastics group all-around world championship Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, narrowly outpointing host Brazil to claim the gold medal. It marks Japan's first podium finish in the event in four world championships…...
Athletics: Kitaguchi hopes to overcome elbow injury, win world title
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (180+ words) TOKYO - Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi hopes to recover from an elbow injury in time to compete for her second consecutive world title in September in front of a home crowd. "I'll try to return to action in late…...
Gymnastics: Hashimoto edges battle of Olympic gold medalists with Oka
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (832+ words) Daiki Hashimoto won his fifth straight artistic gymnastics national championships on Sunday after coming out on top in a battle between the last two Olympic men's individual all-around gold medalists. Hashimoto, the 23-year-old winner of the 2021 Tokyo Games, was second…...
Gymnastics:Japan's 6-time Olympic gold medalist Akinori Nakayama dies at 82
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (192+ words) Japanese men's gymnastics great Akinori Nakayama, who won a total of six gold medals at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, has died, the Japan Gymnastics Association said Monday. He was 82. The Nagoya native died of stomach cancer on March 9, and his funeral…...
Russia cannot compete until Ukraine war over: world gymnastics head
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (346+ words) KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 15:51 | Sports, All, World The International Gymnastics Federation's president informed Russian gymnasts and coaches Monday in a Moscow suburb that they will not be permitted to represent their nation at international competitions while the invasion of Ukraine…...