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LONDON America's much time judo drought is lastly over.

Kayla Harrison , that world as well as locomotives within suburban Boston, gave the United States it has the first-ever gold medal in the sport while your lover beat Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons along with a raucous hometown herd Thursday to be able to succeed the 78-kilogram title at the ExCel Exhibition Centre.

And Harrison does that decisively, succeeding three regarding your ex four rounds Thursday by means of ippon the judo comparative of an knockout. The only match of which went the particular mileage has been this final, which in turn Harrison also dominated regardless of earning only 2-0.

Fighting when in front of British No matter. Harrison got your point again using 66 just a few seconds remaining around the particular go with and also Gibbons never seriously mounted a comeback.

The 25-year-old Gibbons, whom gone to college about five seconds on the market when the girl competed Thursday, have a much more healthy route to be able to this final, arriving fatigued after fighting not one but two full five-minute matches, subsequently seeking a 1:33 involving sudden-death overtime in order to defeat France's Audrey Tcheumeo throughout her semifinal.

Harrison fought against 3 times earlier Thursday in order to arrive at the final, needing just simply 56 minutes to do away with Russia's Vera Moskalyuk and then remaining a close call up towards Hungary utes Abigel Joo within the quarterfinals prior to beating Brazilian Mayra Aguiar, sitting No. a single inside world, in the semifinals.

Against Aguiar, a representative with the Brazilian dark blue that becomes 22 Friday, Harrison was provided for the actual mat all 5 occasions throughout the actual initial half from the fight, but none of these moves was up to scratch to earn Aguiar a point.

They did manage to wear Aguiar out, however, and with 1:05 quit around regulation, Harrison slipped underneath the Brazilian's longer arms and switched the girl right down to receive a 1-0 lead. Then when using the time running available on Aguiar's comeback, Harrison fallen your ex on her back again for your decisive ippon, arriving that struggle with 14 minutes remaining along with transmitting Harrison on to this final.

Aguiar will visit on for you to earn some sort of bronze medal.

In the Joo fight, Harrison chop down behind, 10-0, inside the first 75 seconds. But more closely over a second later Joo twisted your girlfriend appropriate knee, that eventually left the girl hobbling clearly and Harrison went with for any kill, landing a couple scoring tosses 24 seconds apart, the particular minute a great ippon in which ended that onslaught using 1:50 left.

Harrison, 22, showed she's a new survivor extended before your woman reached London, obtaining used a long, tortorous journey simply to get to Olympics after being sexually abused simply by her primary coach as soon as your lady appeared to be simply 13. The coach, Daniel Doyle, pleaded guilty plus been given a 10-year jail sentence.

For a time Harrison contemplated stopping the actual sport. Then the girl contemplated jogging far from home. Finally the lady thought to be suicide.

Instead your woman remaining small-town Ohio for your Boston suburbs as well as the elite judo finish classes operate by two-time Olympic medalist Jimmy Pedro and also his father, Big Jim, who enrolled the girl throughout therapy, rebuilt your girlfriend self-assurance and reconditioned her love for judo. Along the way in which your woman purchased a globe shining including a fiance, a ex - judoka called Aaron Handy, with whom the girl credits, combined with Pedros, with protecting your ex life.

Now she has honored them using America's first judo gold.

Harrison ersus medal, coupled with a new bronze won previous by Marti Malloy throughout the women of all ages vertisements light-weight division (57 kilograms), gave the United States two judo medals throughout London, an overall total it previous coordinated around 1988. The United States has by no means won more than two judo medals in one Games.

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