Judo history

Santa Monica's Ronda Rousey became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal in judo, capturing a bronze on Wednesday night.
Women's judo was introduced to the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. Rousey won five matches in the 70 kg division and had one loss, to Edith Bosch of the Netherlands, in overtime.
"I think I fought my absolute best today," Rousey said. "The match I lost was a great match. I didn't even feel myself being thrown, but when I looked at it later, it was actually a pretty good throw."
She defeated Annett Boehm of Germany in the bronze medal match. She threw Boehm with a sode (sleeve throw) and for a yuko score to win the match.
"Honestly, I didn't think I'd be able to come here and throw lefties with sode. That was the throw I used against Bosch in the semis at Worlds so I would've thought people would have scouted it out, but I got it off a couple times today," Rousey said.