Kiyoko Ono, Tokyo Olympic medal-winning women's gymnast, dies at 85

Kiyoko Ono, a member of Japan's bronze medal-winning women's team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and a former member of Japan's upper house, died on Saturday from the coronavirus, the Liberal Democratic Party announced Thursday. She was 85.Ono became infected while being treated for a fracture at a hospital. She received treatment for the infection but her situation suddenly worsened.Both she and her husband Takashi represented Japan in gymnastics at the 1960 Rome Games and in Tokyo four years later, where Takashi won a gold medal. Competing in Tokyo after the birth of her first two children, t…READ FULL ARTICLE