Gymnastics: Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese female world champion
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Hazuki Watanabe won the women's balance beam title on Nov. 6 at the world titles to become the youngest Japanese female artistic gymnastics world champion ever.
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Gymnastics: Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese female world champion
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Gymnastics: Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese female world champion
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Japan's Hazuki Watanabe performs during the Women's Balance Beam Apparatus final of the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Nov. 6, 2022. Watanabe won the gold medal. ( The Yomiuri
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Hazuki Watanabe 🇯🇵 - 2022 World Championships - Balance Beam qualifications, gymnastics, Liverpool
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Gymnastics: Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese female world
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Japan's Hazuki Watanabe responds to the spectators after performing during the Women's Balance Beam Apparatus final of the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Nov. 6, 2022. Watanabe
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Japan's Watanabe clinches beam title at worlds-Xinhua
Hazuki Watanabe 🇯🇵 - 2022 World Championships - Balance Beam qualifications, gymnastics, Liverpool
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