As an example of persistence in the face of painful, bitter experience, there is little to match it in international sport As an example of persistence in the face of painful, bitter experience, there is little to match it in international sport “I f you’re living in Japan and you open a sports newspaper,” says Kanichi Kusano, until recently the Japan Racing Association’s representative in London, “three major sports come up. One is baseball, one is sumo wrestling and the other one is horse