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After a trying year since she and her older brother won Tokyo Olympic judo gold medals, 22-year-old Uta Abe is now eying a title defense in Paris in 2024, with this year's world championships an important stepping stone toward that goal.
Crowds cheered and showed support for Japan’s Uta Abe after she failed to defend her Olympic judo title in the women’s -52kg category at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday, losing to Uzbekistan’s Diyora Keldiyorova. Several spectators at the Champ-de-Mars Arena chanted her name as her coach tried to console her following the defeat. Speaking to reporters, Abe vowed to “bounce back with real strength that enables me to win gold on the biggest stage again,” adding, “Today I succumbed to the pressure of the Olympics. I’ll take my time to calm down and reflect on what I’ve done.”
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With a family gold rush in their sights, siblings Hifumi and Uta Abe will bid for judo glory at the Tokyo Games on July 25.
Three years after the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta want to go for gold again in Paris Olympics.
It's a story that even Hollywood would deem unreasonable, but Japanese siblings Abe Uta and Abe Hifuma became the first brother and sister to win gold at the same Olympics on Saturday, hours apart on home soil.
