He is the only person to win six gold medals at a single world championship, at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

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At a press conference in Fukuoka, Japan, aid group officials said they had received a call from one of their members saying that Ito's body had been found and that he had been shot.

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This was the second time Japan had hosted the festival, the first being in Fukuoka in 2002.

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