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(KSL News) -- Here's a victory story: In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Salt Lake native Russell Reddenbaugh just won the Gold Medal in the world Juijitsu Championship in his divison. But that doesn't tell the story.
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Teddenbaugh didn't start training for juijitsu until he was 50. He's now 58.) He won the gold by beating a man who's 12 years his junior.
And Reddenbaugh, unlike his opponents, is blind! And the wrestler's left hand has only two fingers attached to a fused wrist.
Reddenbaugh says he's found that whether you believe you can, or believe you can't, you are usually right.