No, no － not a crazy-ass cat fight; just a combative moment of American history, as 21-year-old Ronda Rousey [brutish in blue] won the first Olympic medal ever for the United States in women's judo.Rousey, of Santa Monica, CA, earned the bronze in the 154.3-pound division, following Japan's Masae Ueno, who won the gold, and Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba, who got the silver. Edith Bosch of the Netherlands also earned a bronze medal.
Rousey, a world silver medalist last year, is the daughter of AnnMarie De Mars, the first U.S. woman to win a world judo title. Rousey says her next plans include going to college, becoming a vegan and buying a surfboard.
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And the pool's still cool, er, hot . . . Stephanie Rice led Australia's women's swim team to win the gold in the 800-meter freestyle relay, and shattered the world record by almost six seconds doing it.
Rice and her teammates Bronte Barratt, Linda Mackenzie and Kylie Palmer finished in 7 minutes, 44.31 seconds; the prior record of 7:50:09 had been set by the U.S. women's team at last year's world championships.
The Americans － Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, CA), Katie Hoff (Abingdon, MD), Caroline Burckle (Louisville, KY) and Allison Schmitt (Canton, MI)－ earned the bronze at 7:46:33, the first time Team USA has lost the event since it began in 1996. The Chinese women's team got the silver in 7:45:93.
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