LONDON — North Korea earned its first gold medal of the London Olympics on the judo mat Sunday. Japan is still waiting for its first of the Games in a sport it invented. An Kae Um 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. The bronze medals were won by Italy's Rosalba Forciniti and France's Priscilla Gneto. A short time later, Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili took gold in the men's 66-kilo category, beating Hungarian Miklos Ungvari in the final with a yuko. Shavdatuashvili was frequently on the defensive, almost leaping to avoid the lunging attacks of Hungarian Miklos Ungvari. He often resorted to twisting footwork to get out of Ungvari's attempts to grip his uniform and managed to score a yuko to get the win. The men's bronze medals were won by Masashi Ebinuma of Japan and Cho Jun-ho of South Korea. — AP