1.   He is a vice president of the international judo federation.

2.   The French judo federation rented three houses outside Atlanta to have the team together in comfortable surroundings instead of the dormitory conditions of the Olympic Village.

3.   The medical commission announced its decision after hearing the athlete and representatives of the Cuban national Olympic committee and the international judo federation.

4.   The South Korean industrialist is chairman of Oriental Breweries, and is the largest financial contributor to the Korean judo federation.

5.   Canu, the championship director of the French judo federation, said Japan needed to stamp out the rivalry between domestic judo associations and resolve a conflict of sponsors.

6.   Last year the coach of a police boxing team and the vice-president of a judo federation were killed by islamic fundamentalists.