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Pedro never did get used to losing. He has been the top-ranked American judoka for the past decade, winning national titles five times. And last October he expanded his territory by claiming the world championship in the 73-kg (161-lb.) category. He is the U.S.'s best chance for a gold medal in Sydney, in a sport in which an American has never claimed the top prize...
...silver winner at 81 kg [178 lbs.], Brian Olson at 90 kg [198 lbs.] and Hillary Wolf in the women's 52 kg [115 lbs.]) will be dealing with two distinct judo styles. The traditional Asian approach emphasizes speed and balance in order to knock the other judoka over. "With the Japanese and the Koreans there'll be a lot of space. It's a free-flowing, let's-see-who-can-throw-the-other-guy type of thing," says Pedro...
...Japanese and Koreans will be strong--no surprise there. But judoka (competitors) from France, Hungary and Spain could win some matches...
...much the senses that TV misses -- the smell of the chalk, the feel of the sun, the deafening chants that greet every Korean judoka -- as it is the confusion. TV likes the orderly. It cannot, therefore, catch the lovely mayhem of gymnastics, the dizzying lyricism of a four-square circus in which everything is happening at once: a Japanese girl running furiously toward the | vault, even as an East German prances through her floor exercises, a Guatemalan teeters on the balance beam, a Bulgarian attacks the parallel bars. The first time one sees a gymnast leap, one's heart flies...
...roars at Changch'ung gymnasium were just as loud whenever a local boy < took the floor at judo last week. During the first two days of the competition, Korean judoka won both golds. By the time all seven events were completed, Korea had added a bronze to their total, while Japan, the originator of the sport, came away with but one gold and three bronzes...