India’s Vinesh Phogat disqualified in Olympics, missed weight by 100 grams
Phogat had starved herself for a week, exercised and spent hours in the sauna to cut the kilos from her usual 55-56kg to meet her competition weight.
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Phogat had starved herself for a week, exercised and spent hours in the sauna to cut the kilos from her usual 55-56kg to meet her competition weight.
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China said on Friday that it would gradually resume imports of seafood from Japan, a year after banning them in response to Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean.
The ambassador also assured partners at the summit that the US would continue to support the region, regardless of the outcome of its presidential election.
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