Gold medallist Masae Ueno of Japan waves from podium during the medal ceremony of the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA)

Gold medallist Masae Ueno of Japan (2nd L), silver medallist Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba (L) and bronze medallists Ronda Rousey of the U.S. and Edith Bosch of the Netherlands (R) hold their medals after the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA)

Masae Ueno of Japan holds her gold medal after winning the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA)

Gold medallist Masae Ueno of Japan (2nd L), silver medallist Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba (L) and bronze medallists Ronda Rousey of the U.S. and Edith Bosch of the Netherlands (R) hold their medals in the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan holds her gold medal in the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan holds her gold medal in the women's -70 kg judo event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA)

Masae Ueno of Japan celebrates with her coach after defeating Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba on their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan (blue) fights with Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba during their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan celebrates after defeating Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba on their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan (blue) fights with Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba during their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan celebrates with her coach after defeating Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba on their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan (blue) fights with Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba during their women's -70kg final judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Masae Ueno of Japan (blue) fights w ith Edith Bosch of the Netherlands during their women's -70kg final of the table judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Anett Meszaros of Hungary (blue) fights with Masae Ueno of Japan during their women's -70kg preliminary judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Anett Meszaros of Hungary (blue) fights with Masae Ueno of Japan during their women's -70kg preliminary judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) 

Japan's judo gold medalist Masae Ueno smiles as she answers a reporter's question before the national judo team training session ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the National Training Center in Tokyo July 22, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(JAPAN) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW) 

Winners of the women's under 70 kg judo competition pose with their medal at Asian Games in Doha December 3, 2006. From left are, silver medal South Korea's Bae Eun Hye, gold Japa's Masae Ueno, bronze China's Qin Dongya and Taiwan's Liu Shu Yun. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (QATAR) 

Japan's Masae Ueno (blue) competes against South Korea Bae Eun Hye during the final of women's under 70 kg judo competition at Asian Games in Doha December 3, 2006. Ueno won the gold medal. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (QATAR) 

Japan's Masae Ueno poses with her women's under 70 kg judo competition gold medal at the Asian Games in Doha December 3, 2006. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (QATAR) 

Japan's Ueno competes against China's Wen Tong in the women's team competition at World Judo Championships in Cairo. Japan's Masae Ueno (L) competes against China's Wen Tong in the women's team competition at the World Judo Championships in Cairo, September 12, 2005. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji PP05090157 

Edith Bosch of the Netherlands reacts to her defeat in the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 18, 2004. [Bosch earned a silver medal in second place after Japan's gold medallist Masae Ueno. ] 

Edith Bosch of the Netherlands reacts to her defeat in the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. Bosch earned a silver medal in second place after Japan's gold medallist Masae Ueno. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich RS/ISL/AA 

Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno displays her gold medal during the awards ceremony for the women's jduo middleweight (under 70kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/JS/AA 

Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno (2nd L) displays her gold medal during the awards ceremony for the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. From L-R, Netherlands Edith Bosch displays silver, Ueno holds gold, and bronze medalists, China's Qin Dongya and Germany's Annett Boehm stand together. REUTERS/Issei Kato IK/JS/AA 

Japan's Olympic champion Ueno celebrates gold with coach in women's judo middleweight competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno celebrates with coach for win in the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno waves as she wears her gold medal during the awards ceremony for the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Issei Kato IK/JS 

Japanese Ueno displays her gold medal in women's judo middleweight competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno displays her gold medal during the awards ceremony for the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Japan's Olympic champion Masae Ueno celebrates her gold medal in the women's middleweight (under 70kg) bout at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/JS/PK 

Japan's gold medallist Masae Ueno celebrates her victory in the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. Ueno defeated Edith Bosch of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Issei Kato IK/ISL/AA/THI 

Japan's gold medallist Masae Ueno celebrates her victory in the women's judo middleweight (under 70kg) final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. Ueno defeated Edith Bosch of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/ISL/SV 

Ueno Masae of Japan stands after winning the women's 70 kg final of the Asian Judo Championship in Almaty, May 15, 2004. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov SZH/AS/JV 

JAPAN'S MASAE UENO BEATS CUBAN ZULUETA TO WIN WOMEN'S 70KG FINAL OF
WORLD JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OSAKA, WESTERN JAPAN. 

Gold medalist Masae Ueno (2nd L) of Japan is flanked by silver medalist
Regla Leyen Zulueta (L) of Cuba, bronze medalists Edith Bosch of the
Netherlands and Anett Boehm (R) of Germany after winning the women's
70kg category of the World Judo Championships in Osaka, western Japan
September 12, 2003. Ueno beat Zulueta in the final to capture the gold.
REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama

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Edith Bosch of the Netherlands battles against China's Qin Dongya
during their women's 70 kg bronze medal match at the World Judo
Championships in Osaka, western Japan September 12, 2003. Bosch won the
match and took bronze along with Germany's Anett Boehm, and Qin
finished fifth. Japan's Masae Ueno won gold. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita

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Japan's Masae Ueno cries tears of joy on winning gold in the women's 70
kg category at the World Judo Championships in Osaka, western Japan
September 12, 2003. Cuba's Regla Leyen Zulueta took silver, and
Germany's Anett Boehm got bronze. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita

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Japan's Masae Ueno covers her face after winning gold over Cuba's Regla
Leyen Zulueta in the women's 70 kg category at the World Judo
Championships in Osaka, western Japan September 12, 2003. Germany's
Anett Boehm took the bronze. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita

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Masae Ueno of Japan jubilates after winning gold during the Judo World
Championships in Munich Juli 27, 2001. Ueno won the fight against Kate
Howey of Great Britain in the 70 kg weight category.

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Japan's Masae Uno (L) pulls Dorjgotov Tserenkhand of Mongolia during their women's 70 kg preliminaries match at the Olympic Games in Sydney on September 20, 2000. Uno won the match.

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Japan's Masae Uno (L) pulls Dorjgotov Tserenkhand of Mongolia during their women's 70 kg preliminaries match at the Olympic Games in Sydney,n September 20, 2000. Uno won the match.

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Japan's Masae Uno (L) trips Tetyana Byelyayeva of the Ukraine during their women's 70 kg preliminaries match at the Olympic Games in Sydney, September 20, 2000. Byelyayeva injured her ankle and forfeited the match.

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Japan's Masae Uno (top) trips Tetyana Byelyayeva of the Ukraine during their women's 70 kg preliminaries match at the Olympic Games in Sydney, September 20, 2000. Byelyayeva injured her ankle and forfeited the match.

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