Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumutambo wokupedzisira, muvengi wake akanga ari Shinichi Shinohara wokuJapan, shasha yenyika kaviri muna 1999. Mutambo iwoyo unoonekwa sokutsiva World Judo Championships ya1997
magumo, apo Douillet akanga arova mukwikwidzi anorema weJapan. Kurwisana pakati pevaviri ava kwaiva kwokuchenjera zvikuru, uye kwaiva pashure peminiti imwe chete nehafu apo muFrenchman akatungamirira nemhaka yokucheka nechomukati chechidya ("uchi-subdued"). Chisarudzo chomutongi chakapa "yuko" kuna Douillet, chisarudzo chakarambwa naShinohara, uyo akataura kuti akadzivisa uye akabva adzorera muFrance. Zvisinei, mutongi mukuru haana kufambiswa, uye Shinohara haana kukwanisa kudzorera nguva iyi yakarasika. Pashure pemaminiti mashanu okurwa, David Douillet pakupedzisira akakwanisa kukunda menduru yake yechipiri yegoridhe yeOlympic. Uku kwaivawo kukunda mumabhuku enhau yeJudo sezvo akava murwi ane mazita akawanda enyika dzakawanda. Nemisoro mikuru mitanhatu yenyika dzakawanda (2 mazita eOlympic, 4 mazita enyika), akapfuura muJapan Yasuhiro Yamashita (1 mazita eOlympic, 4 mazita enyika) uyo akakunda mazita ake mumakumi manomwe. Mutambo weOlympic muSydney, zvisinei, wakaratidza mugumo wemugwagwa weFrench judoka, uyo akazivisa pakarepo kurega kwake mushure memakwikwi, akakunda mitambo 88 uye akarasikirwa ne21.