City
Epaper

CWG 2022: Shushila Devi settles for silver, Vijay Yadav wins bronze in judo

By IANS | Published: August 01, 2022 10:42 PM

Birmingham, Aug 1 Judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched India's seventh medal, and the first outside weightlifting at the ...

Open in App

Birmingham, Aug 1 Judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched India's seventh medal, and the first outside weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham after losing to Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa in the women's 48kg final in Judo.

This is her second medal at the Commonwealth Games after she won silver at the Glasgow in 2014.

Vijay Kumar bagged a waza-ari after just 5 seconds of the bell and held on to claim the Ippon to take home the bronze medal in the men's 60 Kg Judo event.

Vijay Kumar made quick work of Cyprus' Petros Christodoulides in the opening minute of the bronze medal match to claim a medal for India.

The final proved to be an end-to-end encounter between Sushila Devi and Michaela Whitebooi with both judokas not leaving an inch till the end of the match. Both of them failed to register a single point at the end of regulation time.

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Tags: Geronay WhitebooiBirminghamGlasgowVijay Kumar
Open in App

Related Stories

FootballAston Villa sign Pau Torres from Villarreal for undisclosed fee

BusinessSouth Eastern Coalfields plans to develop 600 MW solar power projects

TennisWimbledon 2023: Medvedev, Rybakina reach quarterfinals as Lehecka, Haddad Maia retire

BadmintonCanada Open: Lakshya Sen storms into final, Sindhu knocked out in semis

InternationalUK: Indian High Commissioner Doraiswami, Consul General feature in posters at pro-Khalistan protest

Other Sports Realted Stories

Other SportsHockey: 'I patiently waited for my chance', says women's team forward Sharmila on India comeback

Other SportsT20 World Cup: 'It's all about reaching respectable total', Pooran unfazed about missing 100 vs Afghanistan

Other SportsISL 2024-25: Chennaiyin FC rope in young forward Gurkirat Singh

Other SportsBCCI to interview Gambhir for head coach role in Mumbai around 2pm: Sources

Other SportsT20 World Cup: Ferguson credits Trinidad conditions for historic spell against PNG