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Japan, the previous host of the 2020 Olympics at Tokyo, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer ...
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Jordan Chiles of the United States reacts after performing on the uneven bars the women's team artistic gymnastics final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 ...
Following the increase in public interest in women's football in Japan, the JFA organized a public contest to select a nickname for the team. "Nadeshiko Japan" was chosen from among about 2,700 entries and was announced on 7 July 2004. "Nadeshiko", a kind of dianthus, comes from the phrase "Yamato Nadeshiko" (大和撫子, "ideal Japanese woman").
PARIS — A 25-year-old from Japan won the first Olympic gold medal in breaking Friday night at the 2024 Paris Games.. B-Girl Ami, whose legal name is Ami Yuasa, defeated B-Girl Nicka of Lithuania ...
On 11 August 2012, Japan beat South Korea 3–0 in the bronze medal match. It is the first Olympics' volleyball medal for the Japanese since the 1984 Summer Olympics. [9] On August 13, 2012, Japan Women's Team was ranked 3rd in the world behind United States women's national volleyball team and Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Nishiya, who took home the first-ever gold in the women's street competition at the age of 13, sported Team Japan's bold look. Patrick Smith - Getty Images 2021: Simone Biles
Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964. [1] Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. [2]