At 36, Union College grad Cutro-Kelly finally realizes Olympic judo dream | The Daily Gazette
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July 21, 2021
Yuliana Bolivar of Peru, right, fights for the bronze medal against Nina Cutro-Kelly of the United States in the women's +78kg judo match at the Pan American Games in Lima Peru, Sunday, Aug.11, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Nina Cutro-Kelly was “99%” certain her dream of an Olympic judo berth was done.
After her performance at the World Judo Championships last month in Budapest, Hungary left the 36-year-old Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School and Union College graduate on the outside looking in at the women’s over 78-kilogram weight class for the Tokyo Olympics, Cutro-Kelly was realistic about it.