Paris Olympic Wrestling Champion Tsugumi Sakurai Ends Career at 24 to Become Kochi Sports Goodwill Ambassador

New Delhi: Paris Olympic women’s 57kg champion wrestler Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan has decided to retire at the tender age of 24 to begin a second career nurturing a new generation of wrestlers and serving as a goodwill ambassador of sports for her native Kochi Prefecture in western Japan. Sakurai triumph in Paris came after winning three consecutive world titles, at 55kg in 2021 and back-to-back golds at 57kg in 2022 and 2023.  IANS

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