That "guy" is Hifumi Abe, 26, who claimed back-to-back Olympic titles in the men’s 66-kilogram judo division at the Paris Olympics on July 28. Abe is aware of his obsessively competitive nature.

Hifumi Abe got his toughest test from top-ranked Denis Vieru of Moldova in the semifinals, but he won with a brilliant harai goshi hip sweep 9 seconds into golden score. In the final, Hifumi Abe ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Hifumi Abe of Japan won the gold medal in the men's under 66kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Willian Lima of Brazil took the silver, while Gusman Kyrgyzbayev of ...

Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta, lived up to the enormous expectations the host nation had for the Kobe duo on the second day of judo at the Nippon Budokan on Sunday. Both making their Olympic debuts ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Japan's Uta Abe, the reigning Olympic champion in the -52kg judo competition, suffered an upset defeat in the round of 16 on Sunday, while her brother Hifumi Abe squeezed into the ...

Arai, the No. 3 seed in the 70kg class, will meet Austria's Michaela Polleres for gold. Naohisa Takato, Hifumi Abe, Shohei Ono, and Takanori Nagase have claimed judo gold on the men's side, while Uta ...