{image-Japan medal_17082008.jpg news.oneindia.in}Beijing, Aug 17: Japan's five-time world champion Kaori Icho retained her Olympic women's freestyle wrestling 63kg title on Sunday.
The 24-year-old, whose older sister Chiharu Icho grabbed her second straight 48kg silver medal on Saturday, beat European champion Alena Kartashova of Russia in the final by taking the two periods 1-0 each. The bronze medals went to Kazakhstan's Yelena Shalygina and Randi Miller of the United States.