Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Men's Sprint - 1/32 Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 4, 2021. Yuta Wakimoto of Japan in action. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
IZU, Japan (Reuters) -Japan's top keirin racer Yuta Wakimoto announced his likely retirement on Sunday after his five-year mission to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics ended in heartbreak.
The 32-year-old had put his lucrative professional keirin career on hold to try to give his nation the medal it craves in a sport deeply rooted in Japanese culture.
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