RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A spry 96 and grinning ear to ear, Yosh Uchida weaves his right arm around the triceps of three-time hammer throw Olympian Ed Burke and begins to turn him for a good-natured takedown. Burke squeaks "help," Uchida releases him and both men chuckle.
"You have to know how to roll out of that," cracked Burke, who is 20 years Uchida's junior and carried the U.S. colors as flag bearer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. "He forgot I was in his class in 1959."
Uchida will travel to Rio de Janeiro on Saturday for yet another Olympics during his long, distinguished career.