Judo: South, North Korea cancel plans to compete as joint team

The South and North Korean judo teams have scrapped plans to compete together under a unified flag on the final day of action at the East Asian Championships, event organizers said Sunday.The International Judo Federation announced Wednesday plans for the two Koreas to use a Korean folk song as their anthem and have athletes wear judogi adorned with the unified flag, the first time in a summer sport, at the two-day championships in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.But according to the Associated Press, a dispute over the flag depicting the Korean Peninsula led to the cancellation of the unified team be…READ FULL ARTICLE