PINNING STEREOTYPESPalm Beach Post / Tuesday, August 24, 2004
.... Take one of the first lasting scenes, the gold-medal bout in Miranda's 48-kilogram (105.5-pound) division. Ukraine's Irini Merleni and Japan's Chiharu Icho were tied at 2-2 after nine minutes, so the way it works is the referee brings them to the center of the mat, holds each by the wrist, then lifts one woman's arm aloft to reveal the decision by the judges.
The 4-foot-9 Merleni lunged at the stunned referee, who had to be thankful this wasn't a 72-kilogram bout.
