Word: akihiro
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Daddy's Boys Father usually knows best in tradition-bound Japan, especially if he's a gold-medal Olympian. But Naoya Tsukahara and Akihiro Kasamatsu - sons of two of Japan's most decorated gymnasts - are ready to prove they know a little something, too. "We can compete on our own terms," says the younger Tsukahara, who stars on Japan's Sydney squad along with Kasamatsu junior. "This...
...When the elder Tsukahara and Kasamatsu were competing, Japan was a gymnastics powerhouse that captured the team Olympic gold at each of the Games from 1960 to '76. The pair racked up more than a dozen medals between them. Naoya and Akihiro are competing on a less formidable team that lags behind the dominant Russians and Chinese. Still, Japan's fortunes may finally be changing. At the World Championships in Tianjin, China last year, 23-year-old Tsukahara nabbed the silver in the all-around event. With top Russian gymnast Nikolay Krukov recovering from a pulled Achilles tendon and China...
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