Albany native Nina Cutro-Kelly makes history at Tokyo Olympics Created: July 28, 2021 07:53 PM
Albany native Nina Cutro-Kelly made history just by being named to the U.S. Olympic judo team. At 37 years old, she s the oldest judo olympian ever for the United State. Now, she ll aim to come home from Tokyo with a medal. Cutro-Kelly is scheduled to fight tomorrow night at 10pm ET. She ll be the fourth match on mat #1 and will face Slovenia. Ashley Miller has her story on the Olympic Zone.
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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.
Rusty Kanokogi Fund for the Advancement of U.S. Judo 2021 award winners.
Rusty demonstrating a throw to a roomful of students.
Jean Kanokogi, PhD, daughter of Rusty Kanokogi and co-author of her memoir, Get Up & Fight.
FOUR AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES AWARDED THE RUSTY KANOKOGI FUND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF U.S. JUDO IN 2021 AFTER A YEARLONG PAUSE DUE TO THE 2020 COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Rusty believed these athletes trained their guts out for the chance to represent the United States, so having the opportunity to help them is an honor.” Jean Kanokogi, PhDSEATTLE, WA, USA, July 20, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Recipients Angelica Delgado, Nina Cutro-Kelly and Nefeli Papadakis make up the Tokyo 2021 US Olympic Team, and Maria Liana Mutia will represent the US on the Tokyo 2021 US Paralympic Team. All four women will receive a direct financial grant from the Rusty Kanokogi Fund to help financially support them to pursue their Olympic dreams in the 2021 Games this summer.