2008 New York Open Webcast Announcement

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March 2, 2008

New York Open to Be Webcast Live for FREE on March 9

Click Here to Watch the Webcast Live Beginning at 5 p.m. on March 9!

Judo fans around the world will have the opportunity to watch the New York Open, a B-Level tournament for international players, live from the New York Athletic Club on March 9.

This year’s competition will include nearly all of the top men in the U.S. as well as teams from Brazil, Canada and nearly 20 other nations which are scheduled to participate.

Among the seven-person Brazilian team are reigning World Champion Luciano Correa (100kg), 2007 World bronze medalist Joao Schlittler (+100kg) and 2004 Olympic medalist Leandro Guilheiro (73kg).

The Webcast is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. EST. Log on to www.usjudo.org to watch bronze and gold medal finals!

“During the past two years, we’ve had a lot of positive feedback from our Webcasts of the New York Open and are very excited to present this fabulous tournament live for the first time ever,” said USA Judo CEO Jose H. Rodriguez. “As our athletes are preparing for Beijing, we expect to see many great matches between U.S. players and other great countries, including World medalists from Beijing.”

Athletes scheduled to compete in this weekend’s tournament include:

60kg

Sergio Pessoa Jr. (CAN), 2007 Belgium Open Champion
Taraje Williams-Murray (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 Tre-Torri International Champion
Nick Kossor (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Finnish Open silver medalist

66kg

Leandro Cunha (BRA), 2007 Paris Super World Cup silver medalist
Gregory Grangier (FRA), 2007 Belgium Open silver medalist
Dominik Liebl (GER), Three-time German National Champion
Justin Flores (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Warsaw World Cup fifth-place finisher

73kg

Leandro Guilheiro (BRA), 2004 Olympic bronze medalist
Gennadiy Bilodid (UKR), 2005 World Championships bronze medalist
Nick Tritton (CAN), three-time World Cup medalist
Chuck Jefferson (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University), two-time Pan American Champion
Tomasz Krecielewski (POL), 2007 German Open bronze medalist
Toni Lettner (GER), 2007 New York Open Champion

81kg

Jonathan Schneider (FRA), 2008 Belgium Open silver medalist
Travis Stevens (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Pan American Games Champion
Aaron Cohen (Buffalo Grove, N.Y. / NYAC / Cohen’s Judo), five-time Pan American medalist
Tyler Boras (CAN), 2006 Pan American Championships silver medalist
Tom Reed (GBR), 2007 European U-23 Championships silver medalist

90kg

Hugo Pessanha (BRA), 2006 Pan American Champion
Kacper Larem (POL), 2005 European U20 Championships bronze medalist
Rick Hawn (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 Pan American Games bronze medalist
Garry St. Leger (Brooklyn, N.Y. / NYAC / Starrett Judo), 2007 Pan American Championships bronze medalist

100kg

Luciano Correa (BRA), 2007 World Champion
Leandro Leite (BRA), 2007 Pan American Championships silver medalist
Keith Morgan (CAN), 2003 World Championships fifth-place finisher
Eduardo Costa (ARG), 2004 Olympic Games seventh-place finisher
Scott Edward (CAN), two-time New York Open Champion

+100kg

Joao Schlittler (BRA), 2007 World medalist
Joel Brutus (HAI), seven-time Pan American Championships medalist
Yasutaka Ohkawa (JPN), two-time U.S. Open Champion
Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), four-time U.S. Open medalist