LONDON - Sarah Menezes made history by becoming the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic judo gold medal when she triumphed in the under-48kg category here on Saturday. The second-seeded Menezes dethroned reigning champion Alina Dumitru of Romania in the final. Until four years ago in Beijing, Brazil had never even won a single women's judo medal with Ketleyn Quadros breaking new ground by winning a bronze in the under-57kg division. Hungary's Eva Csernoviczki came back from being strangled out cold in the quarter-finals to beat Fukumi for bronze
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