<figure id="attachment_385879" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 4032px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-385879"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6b219932"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/7c76b4595c4b22931cf5862e22abb73b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-385879" class="wp-caption-text">Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Abe Uta &#8220;sobs&#8221; after losing in the second round.</figcaption></figure>
The Paris Olympics have been a lively event, with medals being won day after day. Of course, the focus of the Olympics is on who wins and loses, and who will win a medal, but it is not just about winning and losing; it is also about the various dramas that unfold on the big stage.
Scenes of smiles, tears, and sorrows are shown on TV every day, but some of them are controversial.
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One particularly controversial scene was when Abe Uta, who competed in the 52-kilogram women&#8217;s judo event, &#8220;sobbed&#8221; after losing in the second round. Various opinions were exchanged on social networking sites.
I was watching the TV,
 I was watching the TV and asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with you? What&#8217;s wrong?
I am sure I am not the only one who wondered &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong? I had never seen anything like this before in the coverage of various competitions, including the Olympics. I cried,
 I was moved to tears.
 &#8220;I was moved to think of all the bloody effort they had put in.
I was moved to think of all the bloody effort they had put in,
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 But I didn&#8217;t cry until after I went back to the waiting room. It&#8217;s not good for the other athletes.
 &#8220;If you are a judoka, you should cry in the waiting room.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not right to cry in the waiting room if you&#8217;re a judoka.
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In response to this, commentators on TV were generally supportive of Abe, with one commentator saying, &#8220;The game went crazy,
 &#8220;He&#8217;s lost to an Olympic demon.
 &#8220;He was defeated by the evil of the Olympics.
However, some commentators&#8217; commentary that Abe &#8220;had a turn of the wheel&#8221; and &#8220;lost to an Olympic magician&#8221; made me shake my head.
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Abe may have been a contender for the gold medal, but her opponent, Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan, is the world&#8217;s No. 1 ranked player. She is neither an outlier nor a monster. And she won by a single point. It was disrespectful to the other player.
Many people sympathize with Abe, saying that he has worked very hard for three years, but his opponent may have worked and practiced even harder than that.
There are some players who are geniuses and are good at what they do, even if they don&#8217;t show it. However, only such athletes practice more than twice as much as others do, even if they don&#8217;t show it. In martial arts, this is often the case, and the winner is simply stronger than the loser.
Hideo Higashikokubaru said in a program he appeared in,
 I understand his frustration, but what about that crying? I wanted him to stand firm as a judoka and a martial artist.
 He said, &#8220;Whether you win or lose, you must respect civility and not be distracted. The mind, technique, and body are all tested.
He also expressed his own opinion, which was widely condemned. On the other hand, on a TV program hosted by Takeo Morimoto, he said.
 &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the right attitude.
On the other hand, when Mr. Takeo Morimoto made a similar complaint to Mr. Higashikunihara&#8217;s on a TV program he is the MC of, some people praised him for some reason.
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Indeed, as a full-contact karate practitioner for over 30 years, I felt the same way. &#8230;&#8230;
Judo is a martial art that originated in Japan. In martial arts, &#8220;mental cultivation&#8221; is required as well as the acquisition of techniques.
There is no goal, and training continues throughout one&#8217;s life. Many parents have long had their children learn martial arts not only to make them stronger, but also to train their minds and make them more polite adults.
The dojo motto of a certain full-contact karate organization, supervised by Eiji Yoshikawa, author of &#8220;Shin Heike Monogatari&#8221; and &#8220;Musashi Miyamoto,&#8221; states: &#8220;Train your mind and body, and be firm,
 &#8220;To improve one&#8217;s mind and body, and to master the art of mind and body with unwavering determination.
 &#8220;Cultivate your own spirit through quality, honesty, and soundness.
This is a statement of the mental attitude that one should have when studying budo.
However, as can be said for Shoko Miyata, the female gymnast who withdrew from the Olympics due to her &#8220;smoking and drinking problem,&#8221; it is not their responsibility but that of the adults around them who have guided them.
If the coaches were so focused on winning and losing that they neglected the training of the martial arts spirit, it would be unreasonable to expect Abe to have the mindset of a martial artist.
What would Jigoro Kano, the &#8220;father of judo,&#8221; think?

 Hiroyuki Sasaki (entertainment journalist)

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