OLYMPICS/ ‘FEAR OF LOSING’ DRIVES HIFUMI ABE TO BACK-TO-BACK GOLD MEDALS

It's no surprise that top judoka all hate to lose, but teammates on the Japanese national team point to one member, saying, “That guy, especially.” That "guy" is Hifumi Abe, 26, who claimed back-to-back Olympic titles in the men’s 66-kilogram judo division at the Paris Olympics on July 28. Abe is aware of his obsessively competitive n