Japan no longer only country on the judo map

BEIJING (AP) The Japanese still dominate judo. They invented it, after all.

At the Beijing Games, however, judo was all over the map.

Medalists included Mongolia, which won its first ever Olympic gold, an accomplishment that sent cheering crowds to the streets of Ulan Bator. Tajikistan got its first Olympic medal, too. Georgia - getting a respite from hostilities at home - claimed a gold, and so did Italy, Romania, Germany, Azerbaijan. Ronda Rousey won the first medal for the United States since the women's judo event became official in 1992 - a bronze.

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