Xian wins women's -52kg judo gold

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China's Xian Dongmei retained her Olympic -52kg crown at the Beijing Games on Sunday.
Xian edged out North Korean An Kum-Ae in a tense final to the delight of a packed home crowd, repeating her success of four years ago in Athens.
Soraya Haddad of Algeria won the first ever Olympic judo medal for an African woman as she beat Sholpan Kaliyeva of Kazakhstan for bronze.
Japan's Misato Nakamura claimed the other bronze medal as she threw and pinned South Korean Kim Kyung Ok.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - AFP)first published:August 11, 2008, 11:54 ISTlast updated:August 11, 2008, 11:54 IST
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