Great top athletes

Japanese soccer team was defeated consecutive 3 games. They had to leave the Olympics without a win.
It's not surprising. The level of Japanese soccer is quite low.

I found the site by chance. A lot of bashing and booing against Japanese soccer team are written in the site. Mainly it accuses the team's terrible performance, team's coach and a player who is Keisuke Honda.

I don't know him, because I'm not interested in Japanese soccer. (But I like European soccer. It's fun because its level is much higher than Japan.)
He is accused of his terrible performance and his BIG MOUTH. And many people say to him on the site, "Get away from the national team".
I don't know his play but judging from some his interviews, BIG MOUTH is true and his personality is childish and immature.

Whenever watching international competitions, I can't help admiring personality of top athletes. They have not only high level skills as an athlete but also high level mind.
To become one of the top athletes in the world and to keep its position, just having excellent athletic ability is not enough. Great mind is also necessary.
That's why Japanese soccer players can't become top-level players, or, their mind is silly because their level as an athlete is very low?

As it was mentioned in the comments of my article, a Japanese judo athlete, Ryoko Tani has such great mind. She kept being in the top position for quite a long time.

I think a Chinese judo athlete Dongmei Xian, who won 2 consecutive gold medals in the women's judo 52kg category, is also such a person.
I'm not familiar with her but I feel her personality is great.
I heard that she is a national heroine, respected and popular in China. She is probably the same age as Tani and both of them are mother.
Dongmei Xian always smiles except during matches. After the match, she looks like expressing concern for a defeated opponent.
She always smiles, but when the Chinese flag was been raising, she was moved to tears. She must be overcoming a lot of difficulties. But such a person is usually smiling and never says negative things.

But, there are a lot of exceptions, although they are top athletes.
The IOC announced that they decided the disqualification of Ara Abrahamian, who placed 3rd in the Graeco-Roman, and taking away his bronze medal.
He fiercely protested against the judges about the call, and threw the bronze medal away.