Another star in the last day judo competition is Brazil's veteran player Antonio Tenorio Silva, who set a new record at Paralympic judo event in terms of gold number by winning his fourth championship in men's -100kg division.
![Antonio Tenorio Silva of Brazil wins the Men's -100kg gold.[Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080910/000bcdb95f1d0a319e1b23.jpg "Antonio Tenorio Silva of Brazil wins the Men's -100kg gold.[Xinhua]") |
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Antonio Tenorio Silva of Brazil wins the Men's -100kg gold.[Xinhua]
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Azerbaijan's Karim Sardarov took the silver, while Cuban Juan Carlos Cortada and Mykola Lyivytskyi from Ukraine shared the bronze medals.
The 37-year-old Brazilian made the history in a perfect way with four ippons in row. His previous three golds were won in the -100kg class in Athens, in the -90kg class in Sydney and in the -86kg division in Atlanta.
"This medal is not only for me but for my country and all the Brazillians, especially for the 50 million disabled Brazillians," he said. "I've got four gold medals in the Paralympics. Each of them has a story. This one is like this -- some people think I'm 37 years old and it's too old to win, but I've won again."
The Azerbaijan judokas appeared to be facing a night of frustration after first Tofig Mammadov in the -90kg class and then Karim Sardarov in the -100kg division lost their gold medal matches. But happiness came in the end as defending champion Ilham Zakiyev triumphed in the men's +100kg division for the country's first judo gold at the Beijing Games
Zakiyev overcame the host player Wang Song by osaekomi ippon within 20 seconds. French Julien Taurines and American Greg Dewall took the bronze.