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Xander van Mazijk of the Netherlands and Futaba Imai of Japan win singles gold medals at 2017 World Bowling World Championships

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, November 27, 2017 6:00 pm
Xander van Mazijk of the Netherlands and Futaba Imai of Japan win singles gold medals at 2017 World Bowling World Championships
Xander van Mazijk of the Netherlands, left, and Futaba Imai of Japan, right, won the singles gold medals at the 2017 World Bowling World Championships. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Xander van Mazijk of the Netherlands and Futaba Imai of Japan on Monday won the singles gold medals at the 2017 World Bowling World Championships at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, Van Mazijk, 25, beat helicopter stylist Wu Hao-Ming of Chinese Taipei 224-190 in the men's final. Van Mazijk followed a sixth frame open on a split with five strikes, while Wu split and opened in the fifth and again in the ninth. USBC reported that it was the first gold medal for the Netherlands since...