While Sudan youths have been wrestling as soon as they can walk, Japan's initiative of coaching them for Tokyo 2020 may not be easy. The Olympic rules are different.
In a crumbling Khartoum sports hall in Sudan, a dozen Nuba men in sweat-faded singlets practise wrestling moves under the critical gaze of their Japanese coach, 23-year old Kosuke Sunagawa.
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