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Olympic Judo Recaps - 25 July (Day 6)

Men's Judo Half-Lightweight (65kg) Finals

GER vs. JPN

Japan's Nakamura Denied Olympic Gold by Quellmalz of Germany:

Udo QUELLMALZ (GER) reached the top rung of the Olympic ladder in the men's judo 65kg division today by defeating Yukimasa NAKAMURA of Japan. The unanimous decision of the judges was aided by QUELLMALZ's continued aggressive attacks and his lightning-quick counterattacks of his opponent's maneuvers. NAKAMURA earned the silver medal.

Cuba's Israel HERNANDEZ PLANO and Brazil's Hernrique GUIMARES shared the bronze medal.

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Women's Judo Half-Lightweight (52kg) Finals

FRA vs. KOR

West Beats East in Final:

Mary Clare RESTOUX of France, favored to win, did just that in convincing fashion today, executing her well-timed and effective techniques all day long and in particular, her medal match with HYUN Sook-Hee of Korea. HYUN took the silver medal.

Legna VERDECIA of Cuba and SUGAWARA of Japan claimed the bronze medals by winning in their repechage brackets.


Men's Half-Lightweight (65kg) Preliminaaries

Germany's QUELLMAL Racing for Gold

Udo QUELLMAL of Germany used just 2 minutes and 7 seconds to dispose of his first three opponents to advance to the semifinals of the men's judo 65kg division. Phillip LATTS of Belgium will be his opponent in Pool A. Advancing from Pool B of the morning preliminaries is NAKAMUA Yukimasma of Japan and Jozsef CZAK of Hungary.

Look for Japan, Cuba or Russia to come back in the Repechage bracket in the only Olympic Sport to award two bronze medals.


Women's Half Lightweight (52kg) Preliminaries

Pre-Match Favorite RESTOUX of France on Pace for Olympic Gold

Marie Clark RESTOUX of France leads the field of four semifinalists going into this afternoon's round of medal competition in the women's judo 52kg division. Others to advance include Larysa KRAUSE of Poland, HYUN Sook-Hee of Korea and Legna VERDICIA RODRIGUEZ of Cuba.

Headlining the bronze-medal repechage bouts will be Sharon RENDLE of Great Britain and Almadena MUNOZ of Spain. RENDLE, the 1996 European Champion, was upset in her first match of the morning by Lynda MEKZINE of Algeria. MUNOZ, the 1992 Olympic Gold medalist, is a strong bet to continue, as is Norika SUGAWARA of Japan.

"I'm really looking forward to the Sydney Games," said Suzanne WILLIAMS, the coach of the Australian women's judo team. "I think judo in Australia will be even stronger as we prepare for the Games in 2000."


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