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Koyoko Yoneda, also spelt Kyoko, is a Japanese athlete. She won a gold medal in High jump and 80 meters hurdles in the 1951 Asian Games. [1] [2] [3]
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Koyoko Yoneda, also spelt Kyoko, is a Japanese athlete. She won a gold medal in High jump and 80 meters hurdles in the 1951 Asian Games. [1] [2] [3]
The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo City, Empire of Japan. They were rescheduled for Helsinki, Finland, to be held from July 20 to August 4, 1940, due to the 1937 Japanese invasion of China, but were cancelled because of World War II. Helsinki eventually hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics, while Tokyo later hosted the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics, the latter being postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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