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Just 8 min. and 12 sec. later, after a makikomi-harai-goshi (wraparound sweeping hip throw), an okuri-ashi-harai (sweeping ankle throw) and a mune-gatame (chest hold), the Japanese lay exhausted on the tat ami (straw mat). The tall Dutchman towered over him in triumph. It was the most humiliating blow to Japanese pride since the Marianas turkey shoot, the Pacific air battle that polished off the remnants of Japanese air power in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tradition Unbound | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

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