TOKYO - Having recently claimed her first World Cup win and top spot in the overall annual rankings, rising star Miharu Ozawa is gunning for BMX freestyle park gold on home soil at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The 16-year-old from Gifu Prefecture, neighboring the games' hub of Aichi in central Japan, hopes to use the competition as a step toward winning gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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