"VAN" (Sports Desk - 13.10.2025) :: Kinjo, who won two Olympic gold medals under her maiden name of Kawai before capturing a fourth world title last year after giving birth, officially announced her retirement over the weekend. тАЬI felt that I had experienced everything that was good about being a wrestler,тАЭ the 31-year-old Kinjo told the Japanese media Sunday on bringing down the curtain on one of wrestlingтАЩs most sterling careers. тАЬI felt fulfilled and happy with a life in which wrestling was my passion.тАЭ Kinjo also revealed that she is pregnant with her second child as she spoke to the media at the Japan WomenтАЩs Open in Akitsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where she was coaching younger sister Yukako TSUNEMURA (JPN), who was returning to the mat for the first time since becoming a mother herself. Kinjo first announced her retirement on her Instagram account on Saturday night, stating that in the 24 years since she started wrestling at age 7, тАЬI have had good experiences and bad, highs and lows. But to win four world championships and two consecutive Olympics was all due to the support and encouragement of many people. I thank them all.тАЭ Cr - UWW
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