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Rio de Janeiro - The Japanese gold medallist threw her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders, report says

A Japanese gold medallist celebrated her wrestling win by hurling her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders.
Risako Kawai, who claimed Japan's fourth gold medal in women's wrestling in Rio, delighted the crowd with her eccentric celebration, the Daily Mail reported.

The Japanese gold medallist threw her coach to the ground before parading him around the arena on her shoulders.

"Before the final, the coach said he wanted me to lift him on his shoulders," Kawai told Japanese media.

"The three wrestlers the previous day all won gold so they got to do that, and I said I wanted to be first to slam him and he let me do it."
"The three wrestlers the previous day all won gold so they got to do that, and I said I wanted to be first to slam him and he let me do it."
"I am just happy and I want to just say thank you to everyone: my opponent, my friends, my family and all the people here that supported me.
"I want to thank everyone."

I love this! #RisakoKuwai of Japan celebrates winning gold in wrestling by slamming her coach via fire woman's carry pic.twitter.com/QK0Kan8Jpj
- Wab Kinew (@WabKinew) August 19, 2016

Risako Kawai (Japan) celebrates her Gold Medal victory with one more takedown...on her coach! #RioWrestle #Japan pic.twitter.com/TKEFiytT2a
- Trackwrestling (@trackwrestling) August 18, 2016

Risako Kawai's coach's face before the thrashing - is he scared because he knows what's coming? pic.twitter.com/ViKfQ3Lnqr
- St_Hill (@St_Hill) August 19, 2016