Reika Utsugi remembers the summer of 1996 -- missing out on the Japanese Olympic softball team after she changed her nationality. Four years later, the former Chinese captain will play for Japan in Sydney.
Utsugi is ready to put all of her skills on display all for head coach Taeko Utsuigi -- who made her decide to become a Japanese player -- and her team.
"I don't think anyone can understand what I felt four years ago, but I know. I've had that feeling inside me over the last four years," Utsugi confessed.