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A Japanese wrestler celebrated her Olympic win in the most epic way

Published by Business Insider on Fri, 19 Aug 2016


It's amoment that deserves to go downin Olympics history.Risako Kawai, a Japanese women's wrestler, took home gold on Thursday in the women's 63 kg freestyle ' the fourth gold medal in wrestling that Japan has won during the Rio Olympics.After her win, Kawai decided to thank her coach,Kazuhito Sakae,in an unexpected way: by pulling a wrestling move on him.Shelooked like she was going in for an ordinary hug, before body slamming him and flipping him over twice. Luckily, thismoment was caught on video:Risako Kawai wins gold in the 63kg freestyle, celebrates by body slamming her coach...twice. https://t.co/3nZ10QtWAW https://t.co/nySNtpGPvT' NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 19, 2016There was clearly no ill-will here'Kawai eventually went in for the hug and then carriedSakae around on her shoulders as heheld the Japanese flag high.Most wrestlers lift their coach up on their shoulders after, but the wrestling move was Kiwai's idea."Before the final, the coach said he wanted me to lift him on his shoulders. 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,"Kawai told The Japan Times.We think Kawaialso deserves a few more points for the most interesting way to thank somebody.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: What abandoned Olympic venues from around the world look like today
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