[Sportsandrec] Judo brings home the Gold

[Roger Acuna]

Actually, the person to bring home the gold in Judo was me in 96,  but then 
I woke up! lol!  LM, I think its a great idea to write NPR about their 
oversight.  I will do the same on my end. Thanks for the heads-up.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
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> Actually, the first American to ever take gold for judo was Scott
> Moore in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. I heard NPR this morning saying
> that America might take home a gold in judo for the first time ever
> and I thought about writing them and letting them know that they were
> wrong. Perhaps it is better to say that the first able-bodied American
> to take home gold was a woman in this year's Olympics.
>
> On 8/2/12, jody at thewhitehats.com <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>> Hello fellow judoka,
>>
>> After 48 years as an Olympic sport the US is finally bringing home a gold
>> metal in judo.  Yes, it took a woman to do it.
>>
>> Hahahahaha
>>
>> JODY
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