Japanese brother and sister become first to win individual Olympic gold on same day
ABE Hifumi and ABE Uta from Japan have become the first ever brother and sister to win Olympic gold on the same day in an individual event.
The siblings competed in judo with Hifumi contesting the men’s 66kg and Uta the women’s 52kg.
“This has turned out to be the greatest day ever. I don’t think we, as brother and sister, couldn’t shine any brighter on this stage known as the Tokyo Olympics. I’m so happy. I felt really calm in the final,” Hifumi said after the final.
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“It was my judo from beginning to end. I was incredibly thrilled without question. But I was determined to walk off the tatami of these Games in Tokyo with not only victory but with my chin up, looking straight ahead.
“The medal feels very heavy,” he added. “There is so much in this gold medal. I may only be 23 but this gold medal contains all 23 of those years and I feel the weight of it. The path to get here felt like it went on forever. But the obstacles I had to overcome, they were all meant to be. It was all for this gold medal.”
