Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida helped Japan win a women's wrestling World Cup on March 16, just days after her father died.
WRESTLING/ Yoshida leads Japan to World Cup win after father's death
Saori Yoshida, second from right in the second row, holds her gold medal and the ashes of her father, Eikatsu, beside his photo, after Japan won the women's wrestling World Cup on March 16 in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
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