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ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Daiki Hashimoto performs on the horizontal bar final during the gymnastics world championships in Antwerp on Sunday.
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Oct 9, 2023
Daiki Hashimoto collects third gold medal at world championships
Daiki Hashimoto cruised to his first horizontal bar title at a gymnastics world championships on Sunday
Japan's gymnasts celebrate after winning the men's team final during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Tuesday.
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Oct 4, 2023
Daiki Hashimoto nails team gymnastics world title for Japan
Japan, which had dominated qualifying on Sunday, took the team title for the seventh time.
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Nov 7, 2022
Jessica Gadirova caps Britain's best showing at worlds with gold
Jessica Gadirova claimed gold for Britain in the women's floor exercise to seal the nation's best-ever medal haul on the final day of the World Gymnastics Championship in Liverpool on Sunday.
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Nov 7, 2022
Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese woman to win title at artistic gymnastics world championships
Watanabe joins an exclusive club in Japan as only the fourth woman to win a gymnastics world title.
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Nov 6, 2022
Wei Xiaoyuan retains bars title; Ireland claims first worlds gold
The 18-year-old gave China their first women's gold medal in Liverpool with a winning score of 14.966, defending the crown she won last year in Kitakyushu.
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Nov 2, 2022
Japan's women miss early chance to clinch Paris gymnastics berth
Japan's hope of winning its first medal in 56 years in the event was lost when the team could not capitalize on the third place it held heading into the fourth and final apparatus.
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Jun 20, 2022
Japan's Tanigawa brothers book tickets to gymnastic world championships
Wataru Tanigawa and his younger brother Kakeru were named to Japan's team on Sunday for this year's artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England.
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Oct 24, 2021
Kazuma Kaya and Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds
Kaya's second-place finish in the pommel horse added to an already impressive summer in which he won Olympic bronze in the same discipline.
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Oct 20, 2021
Mai Murakami headlines Japanese women's finalists at worlds
The 25-year-old Murakami qualified for the finals in the floor exercise, where she finished first, along with the balance beam.
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Oct 19, 2021
Mai Murakami tops floor preliminaries at worlds
The 25-year-old, who became the first Japanese female gymnast to medal in an individual event at the Olympics, has said the event will be her final career appearance.
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Sep 14, 2021
Gymnastics world championships in Kitakyushu to allow spectators
With COVID-19 infections declining in the area, organizers are planning to let fans attend the artistic and rhythmic gymnastics events in late October.
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Jul 4, 2021
China names experienced gymnastics lineup for Tokyo Games
Experienced squads on both the men's and women's sides will be looking to recapture the gold medals that eluded them at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
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Oct 14, 2019
Kazuma Kaya wins parallel bars bronze at world championships
Kazuma Kaya won bronze in the men's parallel bars on Sunday, the final day of the artistic gymnastics world championships.
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Feb 21, 2019
Japan Gymnastics Association bids for 2023 world championships
The Japan Gymnastics Association announced Thursday it has submitted a bid to host the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo.
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Oct 23, 2018
Kohei Uchimura withdraws from all-around event at worlds
Kohei Uchimura said Monday he will pull out of the individual all-around event at the upcoming World Artistic Gymnastics Championships due to a right-ankle injury he sustained last month.
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Oct 8, 2017
Shirai wins third floor exercise gold
Kenzo Shirai won the men's floor exercise gold medal for the third time at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Saturday.
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Oct 25, 2015
Japan women's gymnastics team books Olympic place
The Japanese women's gymnastics squad punched a ticket to next summer's Olympic Games after finishing sixth in qualifying for the team event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow on Saturday.
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Oct 11, 2014
Shirai claims silver in men's apparatus final at gymnastics worlds
Kenzo Shirai came up short in his bid to become the first Japanese man in 44 years to win consecutive floor gold medals as he finished in second behind Russia's Denis Abliazin in the men's apparatus finals at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday.
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Oct 8, 2014
Japan women place eighth at gymnastics worlds
Japan finished eighth in the women's team final at the 2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Wednesday as the United States won the gold medal for the second time in succession.
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Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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