Judo: Maruyama, Shishime become two-time world champions in Budapest

Joshiro Maruyama and Ai Shishime were triumphant at the judo world championships on Monday, cementing Japan at the top of the medal table in Budapest.Shishime took the women's 52-kilogram category, recapturing the title she last won in 2017, before Maruyama went back-to-back as men's 66-kg world champion.Members of the Japanese team for this summer's Tokyo Olympics are not contesting the June 6-13 championships at Budapest's Laszlo Papp Arena.With his Olympic dream coming to an end in a heartbreaking playoff loss to Hifumi Abe last December, the 27-year-old Maruyama retained his world champ…READ FULL ARTICLE