A first for Mongolia: a gold in judo
USOC via AP August 14, 2008
BEIJING (AP) Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia won his nation's first gold medal ever, defeating Askhat Zhitkeyev of Kazakhstan in the men's judo 100-kilogram class.
Naidan, who upset Athens Olympic champion Keiji Suzuki of Japan in his opening bout, scored a waza ari with just under two minutes remaining, then added on two yuko to seal the victory.
Movlud Miraliyev of Azerbaijan took bronze by scoring a waza ari over Poland's Przemyslaw Matyjaszek. The second bronze went to Henk Grol of the Netherlands, who defeated Georgia's Levan Zhorzholiani.
Judo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.
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