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Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa160)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15386038\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15386038\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038","crawl_time":1773306467,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,asahi!www,\/ajw\/articles\/15386038 s443","src_root_hash":"13945909700200192816","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"OLYMPICS\/ Japan wins 20 gold medals to finish 3rd on Paris medals table | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis","meta_descriptions":["PARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table, beyond their wildest dreams to match its ranking as hosts of the last Olympic Games."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"PARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table, beyond their wildest dreams to match its ranking as hosts of the last Olympic Games.\nThe 20-medal haul was smack in line with what seemed like an optimistic target from Japan's national Olympic committee, with the country fielding a far fewer 409 athletes versus 552 in Tokyo three years ago.\nNielsen's Gracenote had forecast Japan to more than halve its titles to 13 and rank seventh; instead, it trailed only the United States and China and ahead of hosts France, which raked in 16 golds for a fifth-place finish behind Australia.\n\"We had the best result at an Olympics outside home soil,\" Deputy Chef De Mission Kosei Inoue said on Sunday, noting that medals were won in 10 new disciplines for Japan.\n\"We see this as a very big achievement.\"\nCountries have been known to get a bump in medals after hosting an Olympics because of the big investments in sports that go into the home Games.\nBritain and Brazil both managed that, improving their total medal hauls slightly after London 2012 and Rio 2016 - though not with gold medals.\nJapan did not quite manage that level, ending with a combined 45 medals versus 58 in Tokyo - though chef de mission Mitsugi Ogata viewed the stellar performance at Tokyo 2020 as an aberration.\n\"I think there was an advantage for Japan as hosts in Tokyo during the pandemic, given that it was difficult (for outsiders) to even enter the country,\" he said.\nWrestling, judo, gymnastics and skateboarding all continued to deliver for Japan - though not necessarily by the favorites. While some surprises were for the worse, positive ones netted out the end result.\nGolden moments stood out especially in fencing, where Japan clinched a historic win in the men's foil team event to spoil the party for hosts France, which had been hoping for a torrent of golds.\nOgata credited Team Japan's success in Paris to the government's continued investment in sport as well as initiatives such as an information exchange among national sports federations. He has singled out fencing as a prime example of the fruit of such efforts.\nLooking ahead, analysis using information science would be needed for Japan to up its game, he said.\n\"We need to think about how to get to the podium if we rise to the best four, and to figure out how we can compete better in the final once we reach that stage,\" he said.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038#MainInner)\n\nYour browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check [the site policy](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/help\/policy.html) for more information.\n\n# [![The Asahi Shimbun \\| Asia & Japan Watch](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/ajw\/css\/images\/en_logo@2x.png)](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/)\n- [Twitter](http:\/\/twitter.com\/ajwasahi \"Twitter\")\n- [Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AJW.Asahi \"Facebook\")\n\n[Language]()\n\n- [日本語](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/)\n- English\n\n- [HOME](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/)\n- [What’s New](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/new\/)\n- [National Report](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/national_report\/)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/politics\/)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/business\/)\n- [Asia & World](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/asia_world\/)\n  - [China](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/asia_world\/china\/)\n  - [Korean Peninsula](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/asia_world\/korean_peninsula\/)\n  - [Around Asia](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/asia_world\/around_asia\/)\n  - [World](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/asia_world\/world\/)\n- [Sci & Tech](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/sci_tech\/)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/)\n  - [Style](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/style\/)\n  - [Food](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/food\/)\n  - [Movies](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/movies\/)\n  - [Manga & Anime](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/manga_anime\/)\n  - [People](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/culture\/people\/)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/travel\/)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/sports\/)\n- [Opinion](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/opinion\/)\n  - [Editorial](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/opinion\/editorial\/)\n  - [Vox Populi](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/opinion\/vox\/)\n  - [Views](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/opinion\/views\/)\n- [Special](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/special\/)\n\n[The Asahi Shimbun](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/)\n\n\\>\n\n[Sports](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/sports\/)\n\n\\>\n\narticle\n\n# OLYMPICS\/ Japan wins 20 gold medals to finish 3rd on Paris medals table\nREUTERS\n\nAugust 12, 2024 at 08:10 JST\n\n- [Share]()\n- [Tweet](http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038&text=OLYMPICS%2F%20Japan%20wins%2020%20gold%20medals%20to%20finish%203rd%20on%20Paris%20medals%20table%20%7C%20The%20Asahi%20Shimbun%20Asia%20%26%20Japan%20Watch) [list](https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038)\n\n- [Print]()\n\n![Photo\/Illutration](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/6f50-p\/picture\/28740876\/bfb17cfddf3f56a79b43af747f69368c.jpg) *Kyosuke Matsuyama of Japan, Kazuki Iimura of Japan, Takahiro Shikine of Japan and Yudai Nagano of Japan celebrate after winning the Gold medal in men's foil team competition at Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 4. (REUTERS)*\n\nPARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table, beyond their wildest dreams to match its ranking as hosts of the last Olympic Games.\n\nThe 20-medal haul was smack in line with what seemed like an optimistic target from Japan's national Olympic committee, with the country fielding a far fewer 409 athletes versus 552 in Tokyo three years ago.\n\nNielsen's Gracenote had forecast Japan to more than halve its titles to 13 and rank seventh; instead, it trailed only the United States and China and ahead of hosts France, which raked in 16 golds for a fifth-place finish behind Australia.\n\n\"We had the best result at an Olympics outside home soil,\" Deputy Chef De Mission Kosei Inoue said on Sunday, noting that medals were won in 10 new disciplines for Japan.\n\n\"We see this as a very big achievement.\"\n\nCountries have been known to get a bump in medals after hosting an Olympics because of the big investments in sports that go into the home Games.\n\nBritain and Brazil both managed that, improving their total medal hauls slightly after London 2012 and Rio 2016 - though not with gold medals.\n\nJapan did not quite manage that level, ending with a combined 45 medals versus 58 in Tokyo - though chef de mission Mitsugi Ogata viewed the stellar performance at Tokyo 2020 as an aberration.\n\n\"I think there was an advantage for Japan as hosts in Tokyo during the pandemic, given that it was difficult (for outsiders) to even enter the country,\" he said.\n\nWrestling, judo, gymnastics and skateboarding all continued to deliver for Japan - though not necessarily by the favorites. While some surprises were for the worse, positive ones netted out the end result.\n\nGolden moments stood out especially in fencing, where Japan clinched a historic win in the men's foil team event to spoil the party for hosts France, which had been hoping for a torrent of golds.\n\nOgata credited Team Japan's success in Paris to the government's continued investment in sport as well as initiatives such as an information exchange among national sports federations. He has singled out fencing as a prime example of the fruit of such efforts.\n\nLooking ahead, analysis using information science would be needed for Japan to up its game, he said.\n\n\"We need to think about how to get to the podium if we rise to the best four, and to figure out how we can compete better in the final once we reach that stage,\" he said.\n\n## Related News\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/a0e7-p\/picture\/28680038\/1a8dc9c77f87c16842f88531249b649f.jpg) OLYMPICS\/ Japan ponder Paris hangover after record Tokyo haul July 24, 2024](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15359899)\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/733e-p\/picture\/28721980\/37120a41fd93ea85d001f6b8940c0cbe.jpg) OLYMPICS\/ Fencing, Japan make breakthrough in Paris, mixed Games for hosts August 6, 2024](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15377958)\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/3df9-p\/picture\/26669826\/9bb879a07bc0fbdc2ae3581c2ca89e93.jpg) OLYMPICS\/ Beijing to close Games marked by COVID measures, doping scandal February 20, 2022](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14553729)\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/0447-p\/picture\/26279346\/944f2f32b2edeefe5b845f2f43f6cb0f.jpg) Judo team carries Japan to record-setting Olympic start August 1, 2021](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14408357)\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/c52f-p\/picture\/28715571\/a6d522102c3dbf54480b4bffa94d2a1a.jpg) OLYMPICS\/ Teddy Riner stars again as France defends its title in team judo August 4, 2024](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15375517)\n- [![](https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/cc3f-p\/picture\/26299174\/6c8ac4c2e10e57b729e579b2316d155a.jpg) OLYMPICS\/ Tokyo douses Olympic flame, ending pandemic Games August 8, 2021](https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14413978)\n\n- [Share]()\n- [Tweet](http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038&text=OLYMPICS%2F%20Japan%20wins%2020%20gold%20medals%20to%20finish%203rd%20on%20Paris%20medals%20table%20%7C%20The%20Asahi%20Shimbun%20Asia%20%26%20Japan%20Watch) [list](https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15386038)\n\n- [Print]()\n\n## Trending Now\nLast 24 hours\n\nLast 7 days\n\n1. 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Boilerpipe Text	PARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table, beyond their wildest dreams to match its ranking as hosts of the last Olympic Games. The 20-medal haul was smack in line with what seemed like an optimistic target from Japan's national Olympic committee, with the country fielding a far fewer 409 athletes versus 552 in Tokyo three years ago. Nielsen's Gracenote had forecast Japan to more than halve its titles to 13 and rank seventh; instead, it trailed only the United States and China and ahead of hosts France, which raked in 16 golds for a fifth-place finish behind Australia. "We had the best result at an Olympics outside home soil," Deputy Chef De Mission Kosei Inoue said on Sunday, noting that medals were won in 10 new disciplines for Japan. "We see this as a very big achievement." Countries have been known to get a bump in medals after hosting an Olympics because of the big investments in sports that go into the home Games. Britain and Brazil both managed that, improving their total medal hauls slightly after London 2012 and Rio 2016 - though not with gold medals. Japan did not quite manage that level, ending with a combined 45 medals versus 58 in Tokyo - though chef de mission Mitsugi Ogata viewed the stellar performance at Tokyo 2020 as an aberration. "I think there was an advantage for Japan as hosts in Tokyo during the pandemic, given that it was difficult (for outsiders) to even enter the country," he said. Wrestling, judo, gymnastics and skateboarding all continued to deliver for Japan - though not necessarily by the favorites. While some surprises were for the worse, positive ones netted out the end result. Golden moments stood out especially in fencing, where Japan clinched a historic win in the men's foil team event to spoil the party for hosts France, which had been hoping for a torrent of golds. Ogata credited Team Japan's success in Paris to the government's continued investment in sport as well as initiatives such as an information exchange among national sports federations. He has singled out fencing as a prime example of the fruit of such efforts. Looking ahead, analysis using information science would be needed for Japan to up its game, he said. "We need to think about how to get to the podium if we rise to the best four, and to figure out how we can compete better in the final once we reach that stage," he said.
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Readable Markdown	PARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table, beyond their wildest dreams to match its ranking as hosts of the last Olympic Games. The 20-medal haul was smack in line with what seemed like an optimistic target from Japan's national Olympic committee, with the country fielding a far fewer 409 athletes versus 552 in Tokyo three years ago. Nielsen's Gracenote had forecast Japan to more than halve its titles to 13 and rank seventh; instead, it trailed only the United States and China and ahead of hosts France, which raked in 16 golds for a fifth-place finish behind Australia. "We had the best result at an Olympics outside home soil," Deputy Chef De Mission Kosei Inoue said on Sunday, noting that medals were won in 10 new disciplines for Japan. "We see this as a very big achievement." Countries have been known to get a bump in medals after hosting an Olympics because of the big investments in sports that go into the home Games. Britain and Brazil both managed that, improving their total medal hauls slightly after London 2012 and Rio 2016 - though not with gold medals. Japan did not quite manage that level, ending with a combined 45 medals versus 58 in Tokyo - though chef de mission Mitsugi Ogata viewed the stellar performance at Tokyo 2020 as an aberration. "I think there was an advantage for Japan as hosts in Tokyo during the pandemic, given that it was difficult (for outsiders) to even enter the country," he said. Wrestling, judo, gymnastics and skateboarding all continued to deliver for Japan - though not necessarily by the favorites. While some surprises were for the worse, positive ones netted out the end result. Golden moments stood out especially in fencing, where Japan clinched a historic win in the men's foil team event to spoil the party for hosts France, which had been hoping for a torrent of golds. Ogata credited Team Japan's success in Paris to the government's continued investment in sport as well as initiatives such as an information exchange among national sports federations. He has singled out fencing as a prime example of the fruit of such efforts. Looking ahead, analysis using information science would be needed for Japan to up its game, he said. "We need to think about how to get to the podium if we rise to the best four, and to figure out how we can compete better in the final once we reach that stage," he said.
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