Women's Extra-Lightweight -48kg
Gold medal favorite: Alina Dumitru - Romania
Preview of day 1 of the Beijing Olympics
I can’t believe we are finally away. I am sure it was hard for the athletes competing this morning as the opening ceremony went pretty late. I think it would have been hard for them to sleep with all of the excitement.
There a total of seven gold medals up for grabs today in [...]
Judo mum hopes to win third gold medal
10 years ago
Ryoko Tani is Japan’s most well known and loved Olympic athletes. She won gold in the extra-lightweight class (48kg) at the Sydney and Athens Olympic games.
Tani took a break from judo for two years to raise her son. On her return in 2007 she defeated Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy to win her seventh world [...]
