Judo: Japanese Olympic silver medalist Izumi coaches Egypt's national team

Japanese Olympic silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi led Egypt's national team as head coach at the judo world championships in Baku earlier this month."Athletes who could not win before are now able to win. Coaching has its challenges, but it is also rewarding," said Izumi, 44, who won a silver medal in the men's 90-kilogram class at the 2004 Athens Olympics.Of the three athletes Izumi coached in Baku, Safa Soliman made a strong showing against Japan's Mao Arai in the women's over 78-kg division, taking the round-of-16 bout into golden score before eventually losing by waza-ari. Arai finished se…READ FULL ARTICLE