HomeWorldOlympicsUta Abe devastated after her first defeat since 2019 (she’s the defending judo gold medalist). First time she will be leaving major tournament without a medal.
Uta Abe devastated after her first defeat since 2019 (she’s the defending judo gold medalist). First time she will be leaving major tournament without a medal.
July 28, 2024
Uta Abe devastated after her first defeat since 2019 (she’s the defending judo gold medalist). First time she will be leaving major tournament without a medal.
52 kg women’s division. She comes from a legendary judo family. Her brother, Hifumi Abe, will be competing later today. Both won gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
It’s some sad stories for Japanese judokas these few days…頑張って!!
Uzbekistan doing really good recently…finished 7th in asian games i think .
We learn more from losing than winning.
Heartbreaking wow
Of course she is feeling bad after loosing, but I just can’t relate at all. What kind of winning streaks can you expect in competitive sports at this level? She is already a legend.
5 years ! Was that the longer winning streak in Judo ? Sometimes even the greats have to lose.
this made me cry
She has already been a winner, it was the turn of another. You need to be able to give victory with dignity. That’s how my nephew cries when he loses at ches
Now learn to lose.
A lot of what makes the Olympics special are the famous victories. But heartbreaking losses play an equally big role in the legend
If her brother wins gold, the tragedy will quickly become a story of family redemption.
She obviously 🙄 didn’t think she’ll ever lose. Definitely couldn’t handle defeat. First time a saw an athlete bawl like that.
Central Asian countries are one of best. Too bad for Japan, but there’s no shame in losing in Olympics.
Every time I see a sportsman losing, I think of this beautiful documentary from 1972 and, in particular, of the Lelouch episode, The Losers. All the efforts, sacrifices, hopes are destroyed when you lose, especially in individual sports. https://youtu.be/6lHbSu2o75E?feature=shared
OMG really? Is that the same Japanese fighter I saw beat the one gal in like 10 second?
How come Judo don’t have best of two type of Ippon. One ippon and u’re out, so brutal.
Made me cry a little!
The amount of coverage especially on that breakdown she had is obscure. She probably feels full of shame, and the cameras won’t let her alone. In German television they filmed her for about 2 minutes straight. I get that it’s a public event, but getting a camera straight in your face while you are so ashamed of yourself is the worst torture she could have. And all off the people getting off on this, you are not better then the camera man.
Lol her coach feeling awkward as she screams into his collarbone. It’s a game at the highest level but it’s still a game. Learn to lose with some class like all the other athletes and try to aim the cameras at the badass who took the favorite down.
Finally, a clip from one of the Japan Consortium partners.
Gurl…..
Mark my words, one day this will be an anime. Especially if her brother wins the gold later.
That Mongolia woman is an absolute killer.
Winning and losing is a part of the game. But damn must have felt so heartbroken and love the people cheering for her too. Kudos to the winner too. But to think that those who are participating are already the top in their country or the world. Should be cheering for them as well.
Can’t win all the time
Well, at least she was gracious in defeat…
Satisfying
Heartbreaking for Uta Abe, and I feel sorry for her having so much pressure put on her. But if the Olympics were a guaranteed victory they wouldn’t be exciting to watch. Huge moment for the games. Uta is still very young; I hope this loss galvanizes her to come back even better next time.
Finally: I’m seeing a lot of people say things like “champions just hate losing.” I mean… no one *likes* losing, but there are also people who hate letting others down, and here we see Uta with the weight of an entire nation on her shoulders. And there are also those who constantly seek bigger and harder challenges in order to learn where their limits are. They don’t do it because they hate losing (though I’m sure they don’t love losing either), but because they truly love the challenge.
As I tell my son: if you only love a game when you win, you don’t love the game. You just love winning. And I’d be shocked if anyone in the Olympics didn’t love their sport.
This pain Uta displayed is not her being a sore loser or someone who doesn’t know how to cope with loss. It’s the pressure that millions of her countrymen, her family, and she herself put on her to succeed. I can’t imagine how much it must hurt.
When you’re not used to coming up short, emotional responses like this are reasonable.
I hate it when stuff like this happens to teenagers who have been winners their whole lives and people think it makes them babies. Nope. They’re just having a big failure slap them in the face later than the average person. Most of us have these moments when we’re in our single digits. Just because you’ve been winning your whole life and you have to deal with your first big failure later in life is no shame at all.
USA USA USA
Unlike some sports that I don’t “get” that I’m quite sure would stay lame to spectate even if I did learn them better, I think judo would be really cool to watch if I learned the intricacies.
As is, (and this is a dig at me, not the sport) it’s funny to watch in ignorance. Two people grapple and grab each others’ shirt cuffs. When they go to the ground it’s usually nothing. Other times, it’s a match ending great move. And they look exactly the same to my untrained eye.
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52 kg women’s division. She comes from a legendary judo family. Her brother, Hifumi Abe, will be competing later today. Both won gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Heartbreaking
https://preview.redd.it/opjwjpltn8fd1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66b5e97dcb97eed0bb151a4ebe74bae9b77c629a
It’s some sad stories for Japanese judokas these few days…頑張って!!
Uzbekistan doing really good recently…finished 7th in asian games i think .
We learn more from losing than winning.
Heartbreaking wow
Of course she is feeling bad after loosing, but I just can’t relate at all. What kind of winning streaks can you expect in competitive sports at this level? She is already a legend.
5 years ! Was that the longer winning streak in Judo ? Sometimes even the greats have to lose.
this made me cry
She has already been a winner, it was the turn of another. You need to be able to give victory with dignity. That’s how my nephew cries when he loses at ches
Now learn to lose.
A lot of what makes the Olympics special are the famous victories. But heartbreaking losses play an equally big role in the legend
If her brother wins gold, the tragedy will quickly become a story of family redemption.
Here is a longer video. Crazy: https://x.com/coolearth_jp/status/1817516351801659883?t=s-3W34_VYtDAdMkVBbeSZw&s=19
She obviously 🙄 didn’t think she’ll ever lose. Definitely couldn’t handle defeat. First time a saw an athlete bawl like that.
Central Asian countries are one of best. Too bad for Japan, but there’s no shame in losing in Olympics.
Every time I see a sportsman losing, I think of this beautiful documentary from 1972 and, in particular, of the Lelouch episode, The Losers. All the efforts, sacrifices, hopes are destroyed when you lose, especially in individual sports. https://youtu.be/6lHbSu2o75E?feature=shared
OMG really? Is that the same Japanese fighter I saw beat the one gal in like 10 second?
How come Judo don’t have best of two type of Ippon. One ippon and u’re out, so brutal.
Made me cry a little!
The amount of coverage especially on that breakdown she had is obscure. She probably feels full of shame, and the cameras won’t let her alone. In German television they filmed her for about 2 minutes straight. I get that it’s a public event, but getting a camera straight in your face while you are so ashamed of yourself is the worst torture she could have. And all off the people getting off on this, you are not better then the camera man.
Lol her coach feeling awkward as she screams into his collarbone. It’s a game at the highest level but it’s still a game. Learn to lose with some class like all the other athletes and try to aim the cameras at the badass who took the favorite down.
Finally, a clip from one of the Japan Consortium partners.
Gurl…..
Mark my words, one day this will be an anime. Especially if her brother wins the gold later.
That Mongolia woman is an absolute killer.
Winning and losing is a part of the game. But damn must have felt so heartbroken and love the people cheering for her too. Kudos to the winner too. But to think that those who are participating are already the top in their country or the world. Should be cheering for them as well.
Can’t win all the time
Well, at least she was gracious in defeat…
Satisfying
Heartbreaking for Uta Abe, and I feel sorry for her having so much pressure put on her. But if the Olympics were a guaranteed victory they wouldn’t be exciting to watch. Huge moment for the games. Uta is still very young; I hope this loss galvanizes her to come back even better next time.
Finally: I’m seeing a lot of people say things like “champions just hate losing.” I mean… no one *likes* losing, but there are also people who hate letting others down, and here we see Uta with the weight of an entire nation on her shoulders. And there are also those who constantly seek bigger and harder challenges in order to learn where their limits are. They don’t do it because they hate losing (though I’m sure they don’t love losing either), but because they truly love the challenge.
As I tell my son: if you only love a game when you win, you don’t love the game. You just love winning. And I’d be shocked if anyone in the Olympics didn’t love their sport.
This pain Uta displayed is not her being a sore loser or someone who doesn’t know how to cope with loss. It’s the pressure that millions of her countrymen, her family, and she herself put on her to succeed. I can’t imagine how much it must hurt.
When you’re not used to coming up short, emotional responses like this are reasonable.
I hate it when stuff like this happens to teenagers who have been winners their whole lives and people think it makes them babies. Nope. They’re just having a big failure slap them in the face later than the average person. Most of us have these moments when we’re in our single digits. Just because you’ve been winning your whole life and you have to deal with your first big failure later in life is no shame at all.
USA USA USA
Unlike some sports that I don’t “get” that I’m quite sure would stay lame to spectate even if I did learn them better, I think judo would be really cool to watch if I learned the intricacies.
As is, (and this is a dig at me, not the sport) it’s funny to watch in ignorance. Two people grapple and grab each others’ shirt cuffs. When they go to the ground it’s usually nothing. Other times, it’s a match ending great move. And they look exactly the same to my untrained eye.