Judo: Japanese women aim to rebound from Olympic setback at worlds

After mustering only two medals at the Paris Olympics, the Japanese women's judo team faces a difficult road as it seeks to reassert its dominance at the world championships in June.Japan's nine-woman contingent in Budapest will feature three world championship debutants and only one previous winner in Uta Abe, a shock second-round loser at last summer's Olympics, who will fight for her fifth world title at 52 kilograms.The two medals in Paris were the fewest by Japanese women since judo was officially added to the Olympic program at the 1992 Barcelona Games, and neither medalist will compe…READ FULL ARTICLE