Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ikpeazụ, onye ya na ya na-agba bụ onye Japan bụ́ Shinichi Shinohara, bụ́ onye meriri ụwa ugboro abụọ n'afọ 1999. A na-ele egwuregwu ahụ anya dị ka ịbọ ọ́bọ̀ nke
1997 World Judo Championships finals, ebe Douillet meriri onye Japan dị arọ. Esemokwu dị n'etiti ndị judoka abụọ ahụ bụ nke dị oke egwu, ọ bụkwa naanị mgbe otu nkeji na ọkara gachara ka onye France ahụ butere ụzọ n'ihi ịkpụcha site n'ime apata ụkwụ ("uchi-subdued"). Mkpebi onye ọka ikpe nyere "yuko" na Douillet, mkpebi nke Shinohara na-arụ ụka, bụ onye rụrụ ụka na ọ gbapụrụ wee meghachi onye France ahụ. Otú ọ dị, a kpaliri onyeisi refirii ahụ, Shinohara enweghịkwa ike imezi oge a furu efu. Mgbe ọ lụsịrị ọgụ ruo minit ise, David Douillet mesịrị nwee ike inweta ihe nrite ọlaedo Olimpik nke abụọ ya. Nke a bụkwa mmeri maka akwụkwọ akụkọ Judo dịka ọ ghọrọ onye mgba nwere ọtụtụ aha mba ụwa. N'inwe nnukwu aha isii nke mba ụwa (2 Olympic titles, 4 world titles), ọ gafere Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita (1 Olympic title, 4 world titles) onye meriri aha ya n'afọ iri asaa. Otú ọ dị, asọmpi Olimpik na Sydney bụ njedebe nke ụzọ maka onye judoka France, onye kwupụtara ozugbo ezumike nká ya mgbe asọmpi ahụ gasịrị, ọ meriri egwuregwu 88 ma tufuo 21.