Yang Xiuli [Xinhua]

Yang of China wins women's 78kg judo gold at Beijing Olympics. [Xinhua]

Chinese judoka Yang Xiuli won the women's 78kg gold by a referee's verdict after a tie in overtime at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, adding the second judo title to China.

In the five-minute final bout, both Yang and his Cuban rival Yalennis Castillo managed a koka which led to a five-minute golden-score duel.

After a suffocating five-minute overtime, their scores were still unchanged, despite a koka was given to Castillo which was later canceled.

Then the referee and judges made a final verdict which awarded Yang in blue the winner. Judge Akiko Amano from Japan raised blue flag, judge Cathy Mouette from France raised white and the referee Franc Ocko from Slovenia raised the decisive blue.