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Judoka Naidan wins Mongolia's first-ever Olympic gold
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-14 20:33
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| Mongolia's Tuvshinbayar Naidan celebrates after defeating Kazakhstan's Askhat Zhitkeyev in the men's -100kg judo match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing. Tuvshinbayar Naidan won the gold. [Agencies] |
BEIJING -- Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia claimed the men's 100kg judo title at the Beijing Olympics here on Thursday, beating Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan in the final.
The bronze medals went to Movlud Miraliyev from Azerbaijan and Henk Grol from the Netherlands.
