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Momota was a clear medal hopeful ahead of the Rio Games, only to miss out when he was banned from the court indefinitely in April that year by the Japan Badminton Association for gambling at illegal casinos.... " I definitely have that feeling of finally making the games," said Momota.... " I had really a lot of support from people, having missed the last one( in Rio), and I want to pay them back." Repaying his close associates in Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, where he spent his