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An Olympic wrestler celebrated winning gold by casually body-slamming her coach

Ah sure ’twas all in good fun.

Aug 19th 2016, 6:14 PM 6,630 Views 4 Comments

WE’VE NEVER SEEN an Olympic celebration quite like this.

Rio Olympic Games 2016 - Day Thirteen Source: Charlie Riedel/PA Wire

Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai claimed a gold medal yesterday after beating Belarus’ Mariya Mamashuk in the freestyle 64kg final.

After her win was announced, she ran to hug her coach… then did this instead:

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Not once, but twice. Boom!

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It’s grand though – they were doing this two minutes later.

Rio Olympic Games 2016 - Day Thirteen Source: Charlie Riedel/PA Wire

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An Olympic wrestler celebrated winning gold by casually body-slamming her coach