For a shining golden moment on Friday, Japan's Tsugumi Sakurai stood at the center of the wrestling world atop the women's 57-kilogram Olympic medal podium the result of her tenacious journey in the sport along an unlikely path.Her father, Yuji, started her on her pilgrimage. A wrestler and a coach in Kochi Prefecture, where the sport had few devotees, he guided Tsugumi's first steps on the wrestling mat at the age of 3.According to him, Tsugumi was not athletically gifted but more inclined toward sitting patiently at a desk, practicing calligraphy. Despite that, his daughter demonstrated a…READ FULL ARTICLE
