Masae Ueno captured the women's 70-kg gold medal, but Hiroshi Izumi had to settle for silver in the men's 90-kg in the judo competition at the Athens Olympics on Wednesday.
Japan's Masae Ueno reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 70-kg category by
defeating Edith Bosch of the Netherlands in the final on Wednesday in Athens.
Japan improved its gold medal tally to five for its best-ever gold haul at the Summer Games, but it missed out on the chance for a third day of double Olympic gold.
Ueno defeated Edith Bosch of the Netherlands by ippon in the final while Izumi fell in a earth-shattering ippon loss to Zurab Zviadauri of Georgia at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.