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...Olympic boxing can always count on a contingent of tiny tough guys from Thailand; 2003 world champ Somjit Jongjohor is looking to strike gold. And in one of the newest Olympic sports, women's wrestling, Japan can expect up to four gold medals, thanks in part to Kyoko Hamaguchi, a champion heavyweight grappler who is following in the footsteps of her pro wrestler father...
...WOMEN'S WRESTLING The women who take to the mat in Athens won't just be battling for gold, silver and bronze?they'll be fighting for respect. That's a struggle Japan's top female wrestler, Kyoko Hamaguchi, understands well. As the daughter of popular 1970s pro wrestler Heigo (Animal) Hamaguchi, who today helps coach her, Kyoko Hamaguchi was expected to be a champion on bloodline alone. Her father never tried to make things easy on her. "I have been coaching my daughter since she was 13 and made her cry many times," he says. Determined to live...
...says Akihisa. There was Katsuo Katsumata, a 22-year-old with a mischievous grin who told Tome to stop crying over his departure or else "you'll go bald." There was handsome Ryoji Uehara, also 22, who sent his intended a parting message by circling letters in a book. ("Kyoko-chan, goodbye," it read. "I love you.") There was Saburo Miyakawa, 20, who on the eve of his mission told Tome he would see her at the eatery the next night. He smiled at her bafflement and explained, "I'll come back as a firefly." When a firefly bobbed into...
...strong, blue-clad home crowd sat strangely mute. But when Takayuki Suzuki scored Japan's first goal of World Cup 2002, Saitama Stadium erupted in a frenzy of pride. And once the Japanese got the hang of it, they could not be stopped. The night their team defeated Russia, Kyoko Ebata, 28, a Tokyo artist, was out with friends in a local bar. "Everybody was doing what they wanted to do?to get excited and to shout loudly," she marvelled. "The Japanese celebrated like hell...
...strong, blue-clad home crowd sat strangely mute. But when Takayuki Suzuki scored Japan's first goal of World Cup 2002, Saitama Stadium erupted in a frenzy of pride. And once the Japanese got the hang of it, they could not be stopped. The night their team defeated Russia, Kyoko Ebata, 28, a Tokyo artist, was out with friends in a local bar. "Everybody was doing what they wanted to do - to get excited and to shout loudly," she marvelled. "The Japanese celebrated like hell...