Gists By Japanese, Siblings Make Olympic, History by Winning, Gold
Two siblings from Japan have written
their names into the history books after
winning gold on the same day at the
ongoing Olympic Games in Japan.
The Japanese siblings Abe Hifumi and
Abe Uta are the first to win Olympic gold
medals in individual sports on the same
day.
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Interestingly, they did it in the same
sport and won their medals within
minutes of one another at the Nippon
Budokan..
Judoka Uta Abe triumphed in the
women’s 52-kg category in Tokyo this
week, hours before her brother Hifumi
took gold in the men’s 66-kg final, making
history as the first siblings to win gold
medals on the same day..
“This was a dream for us,” Uta told
reporters, when asked about achieving
simultaneous golds with her brother. “It
makes me believe dream comes true as
long as I try to achieve it.”
Uta and Hifumi hugged and congratulated
each other after the post-match
ceremony.
“I was touched by how they encouraged
each other,” Prime Minister Yoshihide
Suga said on Twitter in congratulating the
Abes.
The feat came a day after triple world
champion judoka Naohisa Takato secured
Japan’s first gold medal with victory over
Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei.