Two young sibling U.S. judo fighters, George and Annie Truong, took gold and silver medals respectively ths past Sunday at the super competitive Flanders Cup, an annual international tournament that attracts hundreds of top junior judoka from across Europe.
The Truongs added their medals to the bronze won by U.S. athlete Lauren De Smidt (Club Olympia Judo, Fond du Lac, WI) a day earlier at the Flanders Cup in Lommel, Belgium.
Both George, 18, and Annie, 16, hail from the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. George fought in the under 20-year-old division and Annie fought in U-17. Their father, Paul truong, is Head Senei at Konan member club, Ju Shin Kan, of Colorado Springs CO.
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