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Tuesday, September 19
American Morris loses in second round
SYDNEY, Australia -- Makoto Takimoto of Japan surprised the
field and won the gold medal in men's 81-kilogram judo Tuesday
night. Takimoto defeated Cho In-chul of South Korea in the gold medal
match after upset wins in earlier matches over Ruslan Seilkhanov of
Kazakstan, Argentina's Gaston Garcia and Alvaro Paseyro of Uruguay. Aleksei Budolin of Estonia and Nuno Delgado of Portugal shared
the bronze. Severine Vandenhende of France defeated Li Shufang of China to
win the gold medal in women's 63-kilogram judo. Jung Sung-sook of
South Korea and Gella Vandecaveye of Belgium shared the bronze
medal. Takimoto, the Japanese champion, showed his skill by winning
ippons in the his first two matches and taking decision over
Paseyro in the third contest. Jason Morris, the 1992 silver medalist from Scotia, N.Y., lost
to Australian Daniel Kelly in the second round. World champion Graeme Randall of Britain showed his frustration
after a loss by not bowing to the referee or his Iranian opponent.
The referee insisted that Randall complete the bows before leaving
the mat.
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