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Olympics: Japanese B-girl Ami becomes 1st breaking gold medalist
Japan's Ami Yuasa flared, shuffled and spun her way to the inaugural Olympic breaking title Friday as the dance sport made its Summer Games debut in Paris.
Olympics: Higuchi, Sakurai win Japan 57-kg wrestling freestyle golds
Japan's Rei Higuchi won the men's freestyle wrestling 57-kilogram gold medal before countrywoman Tsugumi Sakurai claimed the podium's top spot at the same weight in the women's event at the Paris Games on Friday.
Olympics: Miyuu Yamashita positions for final-day charge at women's golf
Miyuu Yamashita carded her best round of the women's Olympic golf tournament on Friday, with the Japanese player's 4-under 68 putting her two shots behind the leaders.
Olympics: Climbing gold slips through fingers of Japan's Anraku
Japanese 17-year-old Sorato Anraku had Olympic glory within reach in Paris but fell just short, leaving Briton Toby Roberts to win sport climbing boulder and lead gold on Friday.
Olympics: Silver-winning sport climber Sorato Anraku still has work to do
Sport climbing silver medalist Sorato Anraku said Friday he is walking away from his first Olympics with unfinished business.
Olympics: France beats Japan for men's table tennis team bronze
Seventeen-year-old French ace, world No. 5 Felix Lebrun, won a pair of singles matches, including the decider, as the host nation beat Japan 3-2 in Friday's Paris Olympics men's team table tennis bronze medal match.
Olympics: Japan fades late to finish 5th in men's 4x100 sprint
Japan had a shot at its first 4x100-meter relay Olympic gold as it led into the final straight but slipped back to eventually finish fifth on the Paris Games athletics track on Friday.
GAMES IN PHOTOS
Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun of Spain competes en route to winning gold in the men's triple jump at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Ami Yuasa celebrates after winning the women's breaking gold medal at the Paris Olympics at La Concorde in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Ami Yuasa poses after winning the women's breaking gold medal at the Paris Olympics at La Concorde in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Tsugumi Sakurai (red) of Japan competes against Anastasia Nichita of Moldova in the wrestling women's freestyle 57-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Rei Higuchi of Japan reacts after beating Spencer Richard Lee of the United States in the wrestling men's freestyle 57-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto reacts after beating France's Simon Gauzy in the fourth match of their men's table tennis team bronze medal contest at the Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Sorato Anraku of Japan competes in the lead round of the men's boulder and lead sport climbing final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, near Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Yumi Tanaka smiles after her athletics women's 100 meters hurdles semifinal at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo)
Japan's Daichi Takatani reacts after defeating American Kyle Douglas Dake to book a spot in the men's 74-kg freestyle wrestling final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)
Japan's (from L) Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, Koki Ueyama, Ryuichiro Sakai and Yoshihide Kiryu are pictured after the athletics men's 4x100 meters final at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 9, 2024. (Kyodo)
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