OLYMPICS/ JUDO ABE SIBLINGS REACH TOP OF PODIUMS WITH SUPPORT OF FAMILY

When Tokyo won the bid to host the Summer Games in 2013, a young Hifumi Abe and his younger sister, Uta, were watching the news on TV along with their family. “It would be great if both of you could compete in the (Tokyo) Games,” their father, Koji, told the two aspiring judoka. Uta, who was 13 at the time, was moved by her father’s wor