On the 28th, the sixth day of the Tokyo Olympics, refugee athletes who have supported judo in their lives challenged the second Olympics.
The player is Popole Misenga, 29, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a large-scale civil war intervened by neighboring countries for five years from 1998 killed about 4 million people.
In the turmoil, when Misenga was nine years old, his father went missing and his mother died, but he kept his mind calm and devoted himself to practice by encountering a courtesy judo at the facility where he escaped. ..
Due to continued conflicts, he fled to Brazil during the 2013 World Championships and participated in the previous Rio de Janeiro Games as a member of the newly formed refugee team, winning a historic victory.
In the first match of the 90-kilometer class for men's judo at the Tokyo Olympics on the 28th, Misenga played against Hungarian Christian Thoth, who ranked third in the world.
Misenga showed a positive attitude, such as skipping his legs and throwing his back, but when he had less than 30 seconds left, he fell into his pocket and was defeated by throwing one on his back.
"There are many refugees who dream of becoming a global athlete by devoting themselves to sports. I want to win medals and please everyone," Misenga said on Instagram of the refugee team.
The goal has been carried over to a new mixed team of three men and women competing on the 31st.