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 Rousey’s silver medal win is the first World medal for a U.S. woman since Liliko Ogasawara won a bronze medal in 1995 and the first medal of any kind since her new coach Jimmy Pedro (Methuen, Mass.) won the 1999 World Championships.
“For a while there, I was training on my own and jumping from place to place, so it was a really sad time for me,” Rousey said. “But a lot of people have really been great in helping me, including USA Judo my coach Jimmy Pedro and my teammates because all of that’s what motivates you to get out of bed and run and train every day.”Photo courtesy of USA Judo
Rousey pins Aguiar.
In her first match, Rousey defeated reigning Asian Champion Asuka Oka (JPN) in her first match of the 70kg division, throwing her for a yuko score three minutes into the match and again for a waza-ari (half-point) in the last 50 seconds.
In her next match, Rousey threw two-time World and Olympic medalist Ylenia Scapin (ITA) for a waza-ari just over a minute into the match and, though she received a penalty in the final minute for stalling, Scapin was still scoreless.
In the quarter-finals, Rousey matched up against Mayra Aguiar (BRA), the teenager who she beat in the final minute of the Pan Am Games here in July. This time Rousey used her much acclaimed groundwork skills to take her to the mat and pin Aguiar mid-way through the match.  View instructional Martial Arts videos. High quality, digital downloads - Get 3 Free today! 
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