Yamashita loses reelection bid as IJF director

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita responds to questions from reporters at a Rio de Janeiro hotel on Sept. 10. He lost his reelection bid as the International Judo Federation's education and coaching director, leaving no Japanese on the IJF Board for the first time since the country joined the judo governing body in 1952. (Kyodo)

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