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August 13, 2008
Former Haitian Olympian Adler Volmar Competes for Team USA on Thursday
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Adler Volmar |
(Beijing, China) – Twelve years after he made his Olympic debut for Haiti, Adler Volmar (Coral Springs, Fla.) makes his return to the Games on Wednesday when he will compete in the 100kg division.
Volmar, who came back from knee surgery earlier this year to win the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo, will compete in the first round against Amel Mekick (BIH) who placed fifth at the 2007 World Championships.
Among the division favorites are Keiji Suzuki (JPN), the reigning Olympic Champion and a two-time World Champion, as well as Luciano Correa (BRA). Watch for a possible semifinal between Suzuki and 2007 World medalist Oreydis Despaigne (CUB).
Preliminary competition begins at noon at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Preliminary rounds will run until completion and the evening finals (including semifinals, repechage finals and gold and bronze medal matches) will begin at 6 p.m.
Below are past 100kg results:
2007 World Championship Results
* Indicates Players Competing in Beijing
1. Luciano Correa (BRA)*
2. Peter Cousins (GBR)*
3. Daniel Hadfi (HUN)*
3. Oreydis Despaigne (CUB)*
5. Amel Mekick (BIH)*
5. Levani Zhorzholiani (GEO)*
7. Vitaly Bubon (UKR)
7. Utkir Kurbanov (UZB)*
2005 World Championship Results
1. Keiji Suzuki (JPN)*
2. Vitaly Bubon (UKR)
3. Dmitri Kabanov (RUS)
3. Luciano Correa (BRA)*
5. Juri Rybak (BLR)
5. Fallah Abbas (IRI)
7. Daniel Hadfi (HUN)*
7. Primoz Ferjan (SLO)
2004 Olympic Results
1. Igor Makarov (BLR)
2. Sung-Ho Jang (KOR)*
3. Michael Jurack (GER)
3. Ariel Zeevi (ISR)*
5. Elco van der Geest (NED)
5. Moulud Miraliev (AZE)
7. Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)
7. Askhat Zhitkeyev (KAZ)*
Team USA did not qualify an athlete to compete in the other division being contested on Sunday – women’s 78kg.
With the two-time reigning World Champion not competing, watch for two-time silver medalist Sae Nakazawa (JPN) to aim for a trip to the finals at her first Olympics where she will attempt to bring home Japan’s sixth medal in the sport this week. Among Nakazawa’s toughest opponents could be a quarter-final with two-time World medalist Edinanci Silva (BRA).
Below are past 78kg results:
2007 World Championships
1. Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
2. Sae Nakazawa (JPN)*
3. Stephanie Possamai (FRA)*
3. Kyung-Mi Jung (KOR)
5. Lucia Morico (ITA)*
5. Xiuli Yang (CHN)*
7. Edinanci Silva (BRA)*
7. Houda Miled (TUN)*
2005 World Championships
1. Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
2. Sae Nakazawa (JPN)*
3. Claudia Zwiers (NED)
3. Celine Lebrun (FRA)
5. Lucia Morico (ITA)*
5. Marianne Morawek (AUT)
7. Amy Cotton (CAN)
7. Rachel Wilding (GBR)
2004 Olympic Results
1. Noriko Anno (JPN)
2. Liu Xia (CHN)
3. Lucia Morico (ITA)*
3. Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
5. Celine Lebrun (FRA)
5. Anastasia Matrosova (UKR)
7. Edinanci Silva (BRA)*
7. So-Yeon Lee (KOR)
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