Tuvshinbayar Naidan, Men’s 100kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Judo, News August 14th, 2008

Tuvshinbayar Naidan, Men鈥檚 100kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia defeated Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan to claim Men’s 100kg Judo gold. Movlud Miraliyev from Azerbaijan and Henk Grol from the Netherlands took bronze.

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Yang Xiuli, Women’s 78kg Gold [Judo]

Judo, News August 14th, 2008

Yang Xiuli, Women鈥檚 78kg Gold [Judo]

Yang Xiuli of China defeated Yalennis Castillo of Cuba with a hantei to clinch Women’s -78kg Judo Olympic gold.

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Trakli Tsirekidze, Men’s 90kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Judo, News August 13th, 2008

Trakli Tsirekidze, Men鈥檚 90kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Trakli Tsirekidze of Georgia won the Men’s 90kg Olympic gold, winning over Amar Benikhlef of Algeria. Hesham Mesbah of Egypt and Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland had bronze.

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Ueno Masae, Gold In Women 70kg [Judo]

Judo, News August 13th, 2008

Ueno Masae, Gold In Women 70kg [Judo]

Ueno Masae of Japan beat Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba by ippon to clinch the Women’s 70kg Judo Olympic gold. Ronda Rousey of the United States and Edith Bosch of the Netherlands had bronze.

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Ole Bischof, Men’s 81kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Judo, News August 12th, 2008

Ole Bischof of Germany won the Men’s 81kg Judo Olympic gold, defeated Kim Jae-bum of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Tiago Camilo of Brazil and Roman Gontiuk of Ukraine both had bronze.

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Tanimoto Ayumi, Women’s 63kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Judo, News August 12th, 2008

Tanimoto Ayumi, Women鈥檚 63kg Golden Judoka [Judo]

Tanimoto Ayumi of Japan won the Women’s 63kg Judo Olympic gold. Lucie Decosse of France with silver. Elisabeth Willeboordse of the Netherlands and Im Won-ok of Democratic People鈥檚 Republic of Korea (North Korea) took bronze.

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Elnur Mammadli, Gold In Judo Men - 73kg [Judo]

Judo, News August 11th, 2008

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20-year-old Elnur Mammadli of Azerbaijan won his home country the first gold in Judo Men - 73kg. Wang Ki-chun of Republic of Korea took silver. Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil and Rasul Boqiev of Tajikistan had bronze.

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Uchishiba Masato, Golden Judoka Of Men’s 66kg [Judo]

Judo, News August 11th, 2008

Uchishiba Masato, Golden Judoka Of Men鈥檚 66kg [Judo]

In Beijing Olympics’ Judo Men’s 66kg, Uchishiba Masato of Japan beat Benjamin Darbelet of France to clinch the Olympic gold medal. Yordanis Arencibia of Cuba and Pak Chol Min of North Korea had bronze.

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Xian Dongmei, Gold In Judo Women 52kg [Judo]

Judo, News August 11th, 2008

Xian Dongmei, Gold In Judo Women 52kg [Judo]

In Beijing Olympics’ Women -52 kg Judo, Xian Dongmei of China defeated An Kum-ae of North Korea to add another gold to China. Nakamura Misato of Japan and Soraya Haddad of Algeria got bronze.

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Choi Minho Of Korea Defeats Ludwig Paischer With An Ippon To Clinch Gold [Judo]

Judo, News August 9th, 2008

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Choi Minho Of Korea Defeats Ludwig Paischer With An Ippon To Clinch Gold [Judo]

Choi Minho of Republic of Korea has beaten World champion, Ludwig Paischer of Austria, in Judo Men - 60kg category. Rishod Sobirov of Uzbekistan and Ruben Houkes of Netherlands landed third with bronze medals.

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