www.judoinside.com 09/06
How Hitoshi Saito saved the day for Japan in 1988
On paper, Japan had one of the strongest Olympics team for Seoul 1988. At U60kg was World and Olympic Champion Shinji Hosokawa; at U65kg was the reigning World Champion Yosuke Yamamoto; at U71kg was the brilliant Toshihiko Koga; at U78kg was the reigning World Champion Hirotaka Okada; at U95kg was double World Champion Hitoshi Sugai; and at +95kg was the World and Olympic Champion Hitoshi Saito.