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Purdy: Judo provides the cruelest twists

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Marti Malloy was gone from the Olympics in less than five minutes.

Judo."I'm done," Malloy said.She was standing in the hallway beneath Carioca Arena, trying to process what had just happened. She was also trying to hold back tears. Malloy wound up wiping her leaky eyes on the sleeve of her judo gi robe.If her sport is not the cruelest one at the Olympics, it comes very close.The judo tournament is a single-elimination affair in the early rounds. Each fight lasts only four minutes on a clock, with brief pauses when the competitors scramble off the mat.