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Watch Marti Malloy’s Historic Run in Olympic Judo

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 5:49pm EDT

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A very happy Marti Malloy took the medal stand Monday as she became the second American woman ever to medal in Judo. With a shiny new bronze medal around her neck, the 26 year old 126 pounder maybe heading to Brazil in 2012 to upgrade to silver or gold.

NBC Sports took a look at her run.

You can watch the video here.
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