Olympic Javelin Gold Medalist Haruka Kitaguchi Has Victory Parade in Home Town

The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:35 JST, October 13, 2024

ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — Olympic javelin gold medalist Haruka Kitaguchi took part in a victory parade in her hometown of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Sunday.

Kitaguchi, 26, won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics this summer the first for a Japanese woman in athletics other than the marathon.