N. Korea, Georgia capture golds
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July 31, 2012, Tuesday
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NORTH Korea earned its first gold medal of the London Olympics on the judo mat on Sunday. Japan is still waiting for its first of the games in a sport it invented.
An Kum Ae of North Korea won the women's 52-kilogram division by beating Acosta Bermoy of Cuba in a final that went into overtime. An won in the final minutes with a decisive throw that landed Bermoy on her back.
"By winning the gold medal, I think I gave some happiness to our leader Kim Jong Un, so I believe this is meaningful," she said.
A short time later, Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili took gold in the men's 66-kg category, beating Hungarian Miklos Ungvari in the final with a yuko.
An, who took silver in Beijing in 2008, defeated favorite Masato Nakamura of Japan in her second fight of the day, which helped extend the Japanese gold medal drought for a second day.
Nakamura said she was "full of regret" but said An was simply too strong.
The bronze medals were won by Italy's Rosalba Forciniti and France's Priscilla Gneto.
In the men's final, Shavdatuashvili was frequently on the defensive, almost leaping to avoid the lunging attacks of Ungvari. The bronze medals were won by Masashi Ebinuma of Japan and Cho Jun-ho of South Korea.
An Kum Ae of North Korea won the women's 52-kilogram division by beating Acosta Bermoy of Cuba in a final that went into overtime. An won in the final minutes with a decisive throw that landed Bermoy on her back.
"By winning the gold medal, I think I gave some happiness to our leader Kim Jong Un, so I believe this is meaningful," she said.
A short time later, Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili took gold in the men's 66-kg category, beating Hungarian Miklos Ungvari in the final with a yuko.
An, who took silver in Beijing in 2008, defeated favorite Masato Nakamura of Japan in her second fight of the day, which helped extend the Japanese gold medal drought for a second day.
Nakamura said she was "full of regret" but said An was simply too strong.
The bronze medals were won by Italy's Rosalba Forciniti and France's Priscilla Gneto.
In the men's final, Shavdatuashvili was frequently on the defensive, almost leaping to avoid the lunging attacks of Ungvari. The bronze medals were won by Masashi Ebinuma of Japan and Cho Jun-ho of South Korea.
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