National Honor Award

According to some newspaper, the Japanese government plans to send People’s Honor Award to a Japanese female wrestler Kaori Icho who won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games.

Icho became the first woman to win gold in four consecutive Olympics in any individual event. I think she deserves to win the award. Three times Olympic winner Saori Yoshida already won the award in 2012. 

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Yoshida Lost Gold

The BBC reported that American Helen Maroulis caused one of the biggest upsets in women's wrestling as she became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport. She best Japan's three times Olympic champion Saori Yoshida in the -53kg final in Rio Olympics. 

Yoshida might get a lot of of pressure from everywhere. In the second period of the match, Yoshida lost four points and couldn't reverse the points. She apologized to audience for her lost. 

She has been doing really well since 2004 in Athens Olympic Games. She had no need to apologize. 

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