Judo at the 2004 Athina Summer Games:

At the 2003 World Championships, Japan’s Yasuyuki Muneta won the heavyweight division while his teammate, Keiji Suzuki, won the open class. With no open class at the Olympics, they competed against each other in the Japanese trials for the right to represent Japan in Athina in the heavyweight division. Suzuki was small for a heavyweight, often competing in half-heavyweight, but he defeated Muneta to make the team. The Olympics were easier for him. He advanced to the final where he faced Russian Tamerlan Tmenov, a five-time European champion. But at 1:17 of the final, Suzuki used de-ashi-barai to win by ippon. He would return in 2005 to win the World Championships. Tmenov continued to compete, winning seven European titles thru 2008, and four medals at the World Championships, but without a gold.