Rony Tarangul has kickstarted her Judo campaign with win against Russia's Natalia Kuziutina in women's 52kg category.
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| The victory leap |
In 2008 Tarangul won the silver medal at the European Championships. With this result Tarangul qualified for the Beijing Olympics, where she reached a 9th place overall. After winning her first bout against Uzbek Sinura Djuraeva she lost narrowly to Misato Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 and then to Ilse Heylen of Belgium in the repechage round. At the 2009 World Judo Championships Tarangul won the Bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far.
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