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Olympics: Japan's Oka wins third gymnastics gold of Paris Games
Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka claimed his third gold medal of the Paris Games on Monday, winning the men's horizontal bar just hours after taking bronze in parallel bars.
Olympics: Japan gymnast Oka makes steady rise to top at Paris Games
In a sport where a single mistake can sink medal hopes, Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Ota excelled at the Paris Olympics by holding steady as his competition faltered.
Olympics: Fumita advances to 60-kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold match
A spectacular four-point throw put Kenichiro Fumita into his second straight 60-kilogram Greco-Roman Olympic final on Monday, with the Japanese taking down a two-time world champion to get another chance at gold.
Olympics: Japan's fencing success in Paris forged over decades
Once a country exclusively focused on succeeding in foil fencing, a decade-long shift to nurturing talent across all weapons catapulted Japan to a record tally of five medals at the Paris Olympics, including two gold.
Olympics: Japan suffers heartbreaking men's volleyball q'final loss
Japan squandered four match points on the way to losing to 2022 world champion Italy three sets to two in the men's volleyball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Olympics: Anraku, Narasaki sport climbing top-2 after boulder semis
Japan's Sorato Anraku came first and Tomoa Narasaki second in the boulder round of the men's sport climbing semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Monday, making sound starts ahead of the lead round in two days.
GAMES IN PHOTOS
Japan's artistic swimmers perform in the team technical routine at the Paris Olympics at Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kyodo)
Japan's Yuji Nishida serves during the fourth set of a Paris Olympics men's volleyball quarterfinal match against Italy at South Paris Arena in Paris on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kyodo)
Japan's Kenichiro Fumita (L) competes against Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kyrgyzstan in the wrestling men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)
Nonoka Ozaki (red) of Japan competes against Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan in the wrestling women's freestyle 68-kilogram quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Simone Biles of the United States performs en route to winning silver in the women's artistic gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena in Paris on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Sorato Anraku of Japan competes in the boulder round of the sport climbing men's combined semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024, at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, near Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Armand Duplantis of Sweden competes in the men's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Shinnosuke Oka of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's artistic gymnastics horizontal bar at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena in Paris on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Zou Jingyuan of China competes en route to winning gold in the men's artistic gymnastics parallel bars at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena in Paris on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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