At the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Tsai Ming-Yen grabbed gold in the under 60 kg judo catogory. He won three matches in impressive fashion-three ippons! The 17 year old is certainly one to look out for in the future.
He was the 2011 Asian under 17 champion and also the under 17 world runner up in under 55 kg division. In addition as only a 16 year old, he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Asian Championships last year against more seasoned opponents. The winner Gwang-Hyeon Choi of Korea was 25 years old and had already qualified for the Olympics at that point.
Good Job Tsai Ming-Yen!
If you want to see him in action here he is at the semi of the under 17 world championships. Unfortunately the throw that ended the match occured out of camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxmG1X5Rw08
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