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RIO DE JANEIRO -- From the favela to the top of the podium, Rafaela Silva earned Brazils first gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Air Max Plus NZ .And to celebrate, the 24-year-old judo champion shed tears as she jumped into the exuberant crowd with a Brazilian flag wrapped around her shoulders.I hope my medal now will open the door for Brazil to win many more medals, Silva said.Silva, who grew up in the countrys largest slum and became the countrys first female world champion in judo in 2013, won the 57-kilogram division of the Japanese martial art on Monday as the crowd chanted Rafa and waved the green and yellow Brazilian flags.In the final, Silva beat Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia after two days of disappointment on the mat for Brazil.But the victory provided some vindication for the racial abuse Silva, who is black, endured from Brazilians after missing out on a medal at the 2012 London Games. Four years ago, she received text messages telling her the place for a monkey is in a cage.The monkey that they said had to be locked up in a cage in London is today an Olympic champion at home, Silva said. Today, Im not an embarrassment for my family.At the last Olympics, Silva was disqualified for an illegal leg grab during a fight against Hedvig Karakas of Hungary. This time, Silva beat Karakas in the quarterfinals.Silva, who trained at a judo dojo founded by former Olympic bronze medalist Flavio Canto, was in top form for much of the day. Her first match lasted only 46 seconds.With its strong martial arts culture -- including many shared techniques between Brazilian jiu jitsu, mixed martial arts and judo -- Brazil had been expected to do well early on in the judo competition. But defending Olympic champion Sarah Menezes narrowly lost out on a bronze on Saturday in the 48kg category, and so did Erika Miranda at 52kg on Sunday.The womens bronze medals went to Kaori Matsumoto of Japan -- the London Games champion -- and Telma Monteiro of Portugal.In the mens 73-kilogram division, Shohei Ono of Japan beat Rustam Orujov of Azerbaijan for gold.Ono is a two-time world champion and threw Orujov twice during the final, including a match-ending ippon with more than one minute left on the clock.It is Japans first judo gold of the Rio Olympics after taking four bronze medals in the first two days of the competition. The Japanese mens team was shut out of gold medals at the London Games, the first time they had failed to win any events in the sport.Japanese judo has a mission to win gold, Ono said. I certainly feel pressure, but it just drives me to perform.The mens bronze medals were won by Dirk Van Tichelt of Belgium and Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia, who was the Olympic champion in the 66-kilogram category before moving up a weight division. Wholesale Air Max NZ . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. Wholesale Air Max Plus NZ . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. http://www.airmaxplussalenz.com/ . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. USA coach Pubudu Dassanayake has picked out Oman as the main threat to his team winning ICC WCL Division Four on home soil. Dassanayake is confident USA will finish in the top two and gain promotion after the last two-and-a-half weeks of training leading into the tournament that began with the Auty Cup series against Canada, which he says allowed the team to see its own flaws and work them out ahead of Saturdays tournament-opener against Bermuda.I think the build-up to this tournament, Im very pleased, Dassanayake told ESPNcricinfo. Playing the Auty Cup, we were just exposed in all departments and we planned what to do to get better for this tournament, analysing all three games against Canada.Im very happy, the guys who stayed back, we were working very hard. They put in a lot of hours training and I think the build-up to the [warm-up] game we played [on Tuesday] against SCCA [Southern California Cricket Association], Im very happy how the guys turned out in that game. Basically everybody has put in a lot of time, effort and hard work and I feel like everything is really ready to go on Saturday morning.After USAs first match against Bermuda, they face Italy, which lost to the SCCA XI by 38 runs on Wednesday after failing to chase a target of 212. That came a day after a USA XI took down the local league representative side by 112 runs after posting a score of 286 for 8. The other two European sides in the tournament, Jersey and Denmark, were both beaten by a club side from Houston, Texas, by eight wickets and three wickets respectively, showcasing the strength of league cricket in the USA. Its one reason why Dassanayake isnt afraid to talk up his own squads chances of promotion. Discount Air Max Plus NZ Online. Looking at the other teams, for me personally as a coach, I dont think that well have any threat, especially from the European teams, Dassanayake said. We have so much talent. We just have to transfer that talent into performance. Oman is a good team because they were in the World [T20]. The last few months theyve played quality cricket. Thats the team for us to beat but overall, having said all these things, were not going to relax any game. We need to just focus one game at a time and do our best every game.One thing USA teams have lacked in the past, despite their immense talent, is good team chemistry built up in part through clearly defined roles for each player. Dassanayake says, though, that the lead-up to this tournament has seen that change, giving the team a solid platform for a successful event.Our strength is currently is that everybody is playing together and they take care of each other, Dassanayake said. We started knowing the strengths of each other and are very clear in their roles. Thats actually what I was looking for coming into this tournament. That is what we didnt have against Canada in the Auty Cup.In the last eight days, theres a huge change in the atmosphere within the team. So I think thats a really big plus point for the USA team. But again, in saying these things, its very important the first day of the tournament getting that momentum, start winning and start enjoying the wins. When the team does well, they need to feel that and thats how you build the winning atmosphere in the team. ' ' '