Judo champ Yamashita bids farewell to rival Saito at ceremony

Judo champ Yamashita bids farewell to rival Saito at ceremony

Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation, delivers a farewell speech at a memorial ceremony for Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic champion and member of the executive board of the AJJF, held in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. Saito died of cancer at the age 54 on Jan. 20. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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