Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Judo Politics

Straitstimes.com reports how Japan has been "kicked off judo's ruling board after 55 years". Legendary Y. Yamashita lost his seat on the IJF's executive committee, leaving it without a Japanese representative for the first time since the country joined in 1952.

'It will become difficult for Japan to obtain information. I fear we will have to struggle in catching up with the trend of the world,' he was quoted saying after the fact.

According to Straittimes, media feared the absence of a Japanese on the ruling board could lead to changes in rules, formats and Olympic quotas in a way unacceptable to the birthplace of judo.

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