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Mbagnick Ndiaye of Senegal, left, and Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee compete during their men's +100kg elimination round judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
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FILE - Aaron Wolf of Japan walks off the mat after winning against Varlam Liparteliani of Georgia in the men's 100kg category at the World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, file photo. Judo is coming home at the Tokyo Olympics “It’s such a lucky opportunity to attend the Olympics in Japan where judo was born," Japanese Olympian Aaron Wolf recently told Japan's Sportiva magazine. “I want to win on this stage. My goal is a gold medal.” (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)
Japan sending powerhouse team when judo comes home in Tokyo

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