Japanese Olympic judoka Hitoshi Saito dies aged 54
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Japanese judoka Hitoshi Saito, winner of two Olympic gold medals, has died at the age of 54. The cause of death was announced as intrahepatic bile duct cancer. He died in Osaka on Tuesday. As well as a former Olympic and World champion, Saito was the All Japan Judo Federation training committee chairman at the time of his death.
He had been hospitalized since late...