To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By Ikuo Higuchi
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Norie Saito will go to the Championships
indead of Mimi Sugawara
The representative of Japan female team
at the World Female Championships in Sofia,
Bulgaria, on November 22-25, was changed
to Norie Saito from Mimi Sugawara. Sugawara
injured her left leg at the World Cup in Levallois, France on November 3-4 and
won't attend the W.C.
Norie Saito is 23 years old and was judoka
when she was in high school and University.
She has attended wrestling championships
in high school days. She speciaized wrestling
from last April.