Silver and an Apology

On August 18, 2016, at the Rio Olympics, the wrestler Yoshida Saori lost the 53 kg final to Helen Maroulis of the United States and missed a fourth straight Olympic title. She wept on the podium.

Afterwards she said: “So many people supported me, and it ended with silver. I am sorry. As captain of the Japanese team, I should have won gold.”

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