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Judoka from the South Bronx The South Bronx's Taraje Williams-Murray is a four-time national champion and an Olympian in Athens in 2004.
For the 2008 Olympic judo competition, there are 14 weight classes, identical to those used at the 2004 Athens Games. Prior to the Games, a draw will be held to determine where each judoka is placed in his or her respective bracket. In each class, the top four judokas are seeded to ensure they do not face each other early in the main draw.
For the 2008 Olympic judo competition, there are 14 weight classes, identical to those used at the 2004 Athens Games.
Both Katie and her brother Steven, a freestyle wrestler who is a former NCAA heavyweight champion, dream of competing in Beijing.
Check out some of the top judo storylines since the event first debuted at an Olympic Games, in 1964.
Looking ahead to Beijing, Rousey is considered the American woman with the best chance to win a medal. No American woman has ever won Olympic gold.
Do you know Ippon, Waza-ari, Yuko, and Koka? Taraje Williams-Murray shows how you win in the sport of Judo.
Often referred to in the past as the "next Jimmy Pedro," Ryan Reser hopes to be the first ever American judoka to bring home a gold medal.
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