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August 14, 2008
Daniel McCormick to Fight on Last Day of Competition
(Beijing, China) – Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / Arlington, Texas) will compete in his first Olympic Games on Friday – the last day of the judo event.
One of the youngest players on Team USA, 22-year-old McCormick has a first-round bye and a second-round match against Djeguy Bathily (SEN).
A win against Bathily would move McCormick into a third-round against either Ricardo Blas (GUA) or 11-time World Cup medalist Lasha Gujejiani (GEO).
Nineteen-year-old Teddy Riner (FRA) enters the draw as the reigning World Champion, but Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS), who Riner defeated in the finals of the 2007 Worlds, is still on the hunt for his first gold medal after placing second at both the 2004 Olympic Games as well as two World Championships.
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.
Recent +100kg results are as follows:
2007 World Championship Results
*Indicates Competitors at the 2008 Olympic Games
1. Teddy Riner (FRA)*
2. Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)*
3. Lasha Gujejiani (GEO)
3. Joao Schlittler (BRA)*
5. Kosei Inoue (JPN)
5. Xiangjun Wei (CHN)
7. Abdjullo Tangriev (UZB)*
7. Oscar Brayson (CUB)*
2005 World Championship Results
1. Aleksandr Mikhailine (RUS)
2. Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)
3. Pierre Robin (FRA)
3. Lasha Gujejiani (GEO)*
5. Paolo Bianchessi (ITA)*
5. Oscar Brayson (CUB)*
7. Andrian Kordon (ISR)
7. Mohamed Reza Rodaki (IRI)*
2004 Olympic Games
1. Keiji Suzuki (JPN)
2. Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)*
3. Dennis van der Geest (NED)*
3. Indrek Pertelson (EST)
5. Paolo Bianchessi (ITA)*
5. Syed Mahmoud Miran (IRI)
7. Andreas Toelzer (GER)*
7. Selim Tataroglu (TUR)
The United States did not qualify to send a representative to compete in the women’s +78kg division, but watch for three-time World Champion Wen Tong (CHN) to attempt to win gold at her first Olympic Games in front of a home crowd.
2007 World Championship Results
1. Wen Tong (CHN)*
2. Maki Tsukada (JPN)*
3. Sandra Koeppen (GER)*
3. Carola Uilenhoed (NED)*
5. Karina Bryant (GBR)*
5. Anne-Sophie Mondiere (FRA)*
7. Urszula Sadkowska (POL)*
7. Nihel Chikhrouhou (TUN)*
2005 World Championships
1. Wen Tong (CHN)*
2. Karina Bryant (GBR)*
3. Anne-Sophie Mondiere (FRA)*
3. Maki Tsukada (JPN)*
5. Tea Dongouzashvili (RUS)*
5. Carola Uilenhoed (NED)*
7. Giovanna Blanco (VEN)
7. Ji-Won Jeong (KOR)
2004 Olympic Games
1. Maki Tsukada (JPN)*
2. Daima Beltran (CUB)
3. Fuming Sun (CHN)
3. Tea Dongouzashvili (RUS)*
5. Marina Prokofieva (UKR)*
5. Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN)
7. Sook-Ie Choi (KOR)
7. Giovanna Blanco (VEN) |
