Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Wrestling - Freestyle - Women's 62kg - Gold medal match - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - August 4, 2021. Yukako Kawai of Japan celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Japanese wrestler Kawai Yukako took gold in the women’s freestyle 62-kilogram category final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. She beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3.
The Kawai family could have more to celebrate on Thursday, when older sister Risako appears in the final of the 57-kilogram class. She won gold in 2016 in the 63-kilogram division.
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