USA Judo logo   Aug 11 Italian wins judo gold  Aug. 11, 2008,
7:22 a.m. (ET)  BEIJING (AP) Italy's Giulia Quintavalle won the
women's 57-kilogram judo gold at the Beijing Games on Monday,
defeating Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands.  Quintavalle
took the early lead in the cautious final, then expanded on it
with a throw with just under two minutes remaining. Gravenstijn,
ranked 8th in the world, could not find an opening, and was held
scoreless until the five-minute match ended.  Winning the
bronzes were Brazil's Ketleyn Quadros, who defeated Maria Pekli
of Australia in overtime, and China's Xu Yan, who upset world
No. 2-ranked Barbara Harel of France.