Japan Wins One and Loses Another
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One was a superstar champion and the other was a relative unknown in the judo finals for Japan. The veteran lost and the rookie won.
Obscure Yuko Emoto gained the women’s gold and Toshihiko Koga, with three world championships and the 1992 Olympic winner, got a men’s silver in the half-middleweight division.
France’s Djamel Bouras beat Koga with a disputed judge’s decision in the men’s final that left the Japanese fighter stunned.
Emoto beat 1993 world champion Gella Van de Caveye of Belgium in the women’s final.
Jason Morris of Scotia, N.Y., was eliminated by Turkey’s Irakli Uzanade. Morris was the silver medalist in in 1992. In the women’s division, Celita Schutz of Riverdale, N.J., was eliminated by Venezuela’s Xiomara Griffith.
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Medalists / Judo
MEN’S HALF-MIDDLEWEIGHT
Gold: Djamel Bouras, France
Silver: Toshihiko Koga, Japan
Bronze: Soso Liparteliani, Georgia
Cho In-chul, South Korea
WOMEN’S HALF-MIDDLEWEIGHT
Gold: Yuko Emoto, Japan
Silver: Gella Van de Caveye, Belgium
Bronze: Jung Sung-sook, South Korea
Jenny Gal, Netherlands
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