Judo
Judo was one of the three sports not shown on TV. I thought this was weird because last time they showed everything. I guess they figured the Internet coverage was good enough, but I'm surprised they didn't eventually show the one match I watched (see below).
- Venue: Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
- American Ronda Rousey won bronze, the first American women's judo medal. I watched it after I knew the result--I knew it would be a good way to fill my judo quota! But I'm shocked they didn't show just the one match on TV. They just mentioned the result. In any case, good for Ronda--I enjoyed her spunky, off-the-cuff statements to the interviewer. (It was something like "If everything turns out terrible later in life, at least I can say that I have a bronze medal and no one else does" or something like that--very random just after winning!)