Two-time Olympic gold medalist Masato Uchishiba will coach the men's national judo team of Kyrgyzstan, returning to the judo world more than five years after receiving a lifetime ban in Japan following a rape conviction, sources said Monday.
The 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing 66-kg gold medalist was expelled for life from the All Japan Judo Federation in 2013 after he was convicted of raping a drunk student in 2011 when he was coaching the women's judo team at Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare.
He served jail time after his five-year prison term was finalized in 2014. He had shifted to jujutsu since he was released on parole last November, sports daily Sports Hochi reported.