{"id":5190,"date":"2016-08-04T02:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/04\/a-japanese-olympian-already-won-gold-for-pokmon-go-addiction-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2016-08-04T02:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:31:45","slug":"a-japanese-olympian-already-won-gold-for-pokmon-go-addiction-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/04\/a-japanese-olympian-already-won-gold-for-pokmon-go-addiction-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"A Japanese Olympian already won gold for 'Pokémon Go' addiction in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kohei Uchimura is a 27-year-old man who’s already won an Olympic<\/a> gold medal and four silver medals in gymnastics. He’s also, it turns out, a hardcore Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em><\/a> fiend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uchimura reportedly downloaded the game after arriving in Brazil, only to see things spiral out of control quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Uchimura downloaded Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> after arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to train before the Rio Games, according to the Japanese outlet Kyodo News<\/em><\/a>. He instantly became hooked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was all fun and games and Pikachus and Charizards until Uchimura’s next phone bill arrived. Included: $5,000 in data overages from playing the game so much.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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