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Yang Xiuli (blue) of China fights against Yalennis Castillo of Cuba during the Women 78 kg gold medal contest of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games judo event in Beijing, China, Aug. 14, 2008. Yang Xiuli won the contest and claimed the gold. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
Yang Xiuli of China won gold in Judo Women's -78kg by defeating Cuba's Yalennis Castillo with a hantei after overtime failed to decide a winner. Yang won bronze at the 2006 Doha Asian Games in the same weightclass.
Jeong Gyeong-mi of the Republic of Korea held Edinanci Silva of Brazil down for 25 seconds to win the first bronze medal match in the event with an ippon. Jeong won bronze at the 2007 World Championships and was the silver's medalist at the 2008 Asian Championships. Stephanie Possamai of France beat Esther San Miguel of Spain with a waza-ari in the final minute of the second bronze medal match. Possamai was the bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships.
Editor: Yan
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