http://clipmarks.com/tags/henry+cejudo/http://rss.clipmarks.com/tags/henry+cejudo/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4AAE738B-7CB6-48CB-BFFE-C8219003D279/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/rmowery/">rmowery</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Talk about tenacity and perseverance. Definite congrats to Mr. Henry Cejudo . <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olyplaschke20-2008aug20,0,3864343.column" title="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olyplaschke20-2008aug20,0,3864343.column">www.latimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The son of illegal immigrants, American wrestler hoists his flag with pride</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> BEIJING -- He has shared everything for most of his scuffled life, from twin beds to sofa cushions to last bites.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> Oh, what a pair they made, young Henry Cejudo and Old Glory, dancing cloth-to-cheek across the floor of a gym that rocked and roared in disbelief.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> "I'm living the American dream," said Cejudo, 21. "The United States is the land of opportunity, and I'm so glad I can represent it."</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> The flag gave his mother a chance to raise six children on menial wages in countless apartments from Los Angeles to Las Cruces, N.M., to Phoenix. The son now flapped it across his back like a cape, as if showing the world how it had enabled him to fly.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> "The U.S.A. is the best country in the world because it allows you to express yourself in whatever you can do best," said his brother Alonzo, watching from the stands. "Wrestling is just Henry's way."</DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/henry+cejudo/" rel="tag">henry cejudo</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/us+olympics/" rel="tag">us olympics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wrestling/" rel="tag">wrestling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gold+medal/" rel="tag">gold medal</a></div>http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olyplaschke20-2008aug20,0,3864343.columnWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:16:02 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9F816A13-B45D-430E-9DB2-FE628D1DCCAF/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/dulios/">dulios</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_son_of_illegal_immigrants_henry_cejudo_g.html" title="http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_son_of_illegal_immigrants_henry_cejudo_g.html">www.nydailynews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Son of illegal immigrants Henry Cejudo gives U.S. Olympic gold </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/image_cache/dulios/512/A0C96C55-493E-4131-A5EA-D3F85D3600F8.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A title="Beijing" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Beijing">BEIJING</A> — <A title="Henry Cejudo" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Henry+Cejudo">Henry Cejudo</A>, the 21-year-old prodigy who had competed in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, won the gold medal Tuesday at Olympic freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Cejudo, crying the moment the match ended and wrapping himself in an American flag, defeated <A title="Tomohiro Matsunaga" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Tomohiro+Matsunaga">Tomohiro Matsunaga</A> of <A title="Japan" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Japan">Japan</A> 2-2 on tiebreaker and 3-0 in the best-of-three match. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Cejudo, the son of undocumented Mexican aliens who bypassed a college career to try to become an Olympian, assures of the <A title="United States" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+States">United States</A> of winning a freestyle wrestling gold for the ninth consecutive Olympics at which it has competed.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>His parents were undocumented Mexicans who met in <A title="Los Angeles" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Los+Angeles">Los Angeles</A>. His mother had six kids, four with his father, Jorge, who was in and out of prison until dying of heart problems at age 44 last year. Henry never saw him after age 4.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/olympics/" rel="tag">olympics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/beijing/" rel="tag">beijing</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">immigration</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/illegal+immigration/" rel="tag">illegal immigration</a></div>http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_son_of_illegal_immigrants_henry_cejudo_g.htmlTue, 19 Aug 2008 20:20:16 GMT