By JIM KERNAGHAN -- Free Press Sports Columnist
Just when hopes were fading, just when national sporting pride was taking a licking, along comes this friendly jug-eared guy to prop it up a little and add some life to the Olympic Games for Canada.
He is Nicolas Gill, a one-time child judo prodigy who went through a lot of knocks and slams before winning a silver medal Thursday in the under-100 kilogram class.
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Gill's modesty is silver-lined
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Gill flipped over judo since teens
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Gill wins silver in Judo
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- David Douillet of France and Yuan Hua of China closed out the Olympic judo competition with the final two gold medals Friday night.
Douillet, a 1996 gold medalist, won the men's 100-plus kilogram, defeating Shinichi Shinohara of Japan. Tamerlan Tmenov of Russia and Indrek Pertelson of Estonia shared the bronze.
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By TERRY JONES -- Edmonton Sun
SYDNEY --- False alarm.
For a minute it looked like Nicolas Gill and Barcelona all over again.
Canadian undefeated at judo.
Two wins from the gold.
One win from a bronze or silver.
While media men rushed to the scene, Keith Morgan of Calgary had started to dream the dream.
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