Ueno wins Japan’s third judo gold at Olympics

BEIJING — Masae Ueno won Japan’s third gold on the judo mats Wednesday, defending her 2004 Olympic gold with a match-ending throw less than one minute into her final with Cuba’s Anaysi Hernandez in the women’s 70-kilogram class.

Winning bronze were Ronda Rousey of the United States, who scored early with a yuko and held on to defeat Germany’s Annett Boehm, and Edith Bosch of the Netherlands with an ippon throw over Spain’s Leire Iglasias.

Rousey’s bronze was the first Olympic medal in women’s judo for the U.S. since the event was put on the official schedule in 1992.

Judo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.