SYDNEY -- Japanese Olympic Committee president Yushiro Yagi declared Saturday that the nation's Olympic delegation had performed to 80 percent of its capacity to win five gold medals and 18 medals with two days of competition left at the Sydney Games.
"I thought we would win eight gold but destiny was not that kind to us," Yagi told reporters at the delegation's last official press conference of the Games.
Japan's athletes have attained the JOC's official target of five gold medals and at least 15 medals in total.
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