The legend of Akinori Gymnastics Nakayama / AP Photo / Str
OR Japan She mourns the death of one of the leading athletes in her history, after dying at the age of 82, her legend gymnasticsAkinori Nakayama.
After a “battle” with stomach cancer, Akinori Nakayama “left” on March 9, according to Japan’s mid -Japan and the Federation of his hometown, he bid farewell to one of the most important athletes of all time in the gym.
The Japanese Olympian had won a total of ten Olympic medals, including six gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and the Munich Olympics in 1972, and went up 12 times on the podium of the World Championship.
An indication of the influence that the deceased had in the gym is the fact that one of the exercises that the athletes do today, bears his surname and inspired generations of gymnasts around the world.
RES Source – EIA
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