Yonemitsu, the runner-up at the world championships in 2011, beat Kumar 1-0, 3-1 in the first gold-medal match featuring an Indian wrestler. The win was Japan's fourth gold of the London Games.

Iwao Yonemitsu served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit for Japanese Americans. (Courtesy Hope Yonemitsu) Iwao Yonemitsu is a 99-year-old WWII Nisei veteran from Hawaii.

1 Men's 66kg, Last 16, Yonemitsu v Lopez 3 1 Men's 66kg, Quarterfinal, Yonemitsu v Garcia 3 1 Men's 66kg, Semifinal, Hasanov v Yonemitsu 3 Men's 66kg, Final 1-2, Kumar v Yonemitsu 3 ...

Yonemitsu, the runner-up at the world championships in 2011, beat Kumar 1-0, 3-1 in the first gold-medal match featuring an Indian wrestler. The win was Japan’s fourth gold of the London Games.

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Japan’s Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu won the Olympic men’s 66kg freestyle wrestling gold medal after defeating India’s Sushil Kumar, the Beijing bronze medallist, in the final on Sunday. By (AFP) ...