First Judo Medals

From the Associated Press:

Romania's Alina Dumitru won the women's 48-kilogram Olympic judo gold, throwing Cuba's Yanet Bermoy to the mat and stunning world champion Ryoko Tani of Japan in the semifinal.

In the men's 60-kilogram class final, South Korea's Choi Min-ho, the bronze medalist in Athens, defeated European champion Ludwig Paischer of Austria. Choi won all his bouts with match-ending throws.

Argentina's Paula Pareto and Tani -- who was battling for her third straight judo gold -- won bronze.

For men, the bronzes went to Uzbekistan's Rishod Sobirov and Ruben Houkes of the Netherlands.

By Tracee Hamilton  |  August 9, 2008; 7:50 AM ET  | Category:  Judo
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