Judo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games:

Since the mid-90s, this class was led by two athletes – Spain’s Isabel Fernández and Cuba’s Driulys González. They had met in the last two World Championship finals, Fernández winning in 1997 and González in 1999. At Atlanta in 1996, González had won Olympic gold, with Fernández taking bronze. González had a slight edge in their matches, entering Sydney with five victories and only two losses in their bouts against each other. They made it to the final comfortably, although Fernández won her three matches going the limit. The final was a dull, passive affair, with Fernández winning.