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Rio 2016: Coaches beware, celebrations can harm you

Rio de Janeiro - The Japanese gold medallist threw her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders, report says

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Published: Sat 20 Aug 2016, 10:34 AM

Last updated: Sun 21 Aug 2016, 2:20 AM

A Japanese gold medallist celebrated her wrestling win by hurling her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders.
Risako Kawai, who claimed Japan's fourth gold medal in women's wrestling in Rio, delighted the crowd with her eccentric celebration, the Daily Mail reported.

The Japanese gold medallist threw her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders.

"Before the final, the coach said he wanted me to lift him on his shoulders," Kawai told Japanese media.

"The three wrestlers the previous day all won gold so they got to do that, and I said I wanted to be first to slam him and he let me do it."
"The three wrestlers the previous day all won gold so they got to do that, and I said I wanted to be first to slam him and he let me do it."
"I am just happy and I want to just say thank you to everyone: my opponent, my friends, my family and all the people here that supported me.
"I want to thank everyone."
Her 56-year-old coach Kazuhito Sakae is a retired wrestler who won several medals in the -62kg category at the Asian and world level between 1983 and 1989.
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