This was India’s second silver medal in the showpiece. She was also runner-up at the 2014 Glasgow Games.
This was India’s second silver medal in the showpiece. She was also runner-up at the 2014 Glasgow Games.
Indian judokas L Sushila Devi and Vijay Kumar Yadav tied up with silver and bronze medals in women’s 48kg and men’s 60kg respectively at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.
Shushila, 27, fought hard against South Africa’s Michaela Whitboi in the 4.25-minute final via ‘Waza-eri’, while Yadav made an impressive effort to beat Cyprus’ Petros Kristodoulides from ‘Ippon’. Exhibited. Bronze medal match.
This was her second silver medal in the showpiece event for Shusheela. She was also the runner-up at the 2014 Glasgow Games.
In Manipur Police, Sub-Inspector Shusheela defeated Priscilla Morand of Mauritius to enter the final. She defeated Harriet Bonface of Malawi in her quarterfinals on the first day.
The 26-year-old Yadav, on the other hand, made a splendid performance, swooping down on his opponent’s mistake and knocking him down for 10 seconds to end the contest in just 58 seconds.
Ippon is a move in which a competitor throws his opponent on the mat with enough force and speed so that the opponent is on his back. An ippon is also awarded when a competitor immobilizes his opponent with a grappling hold-down for 20 seconds, or when an opponent gives up.
Yadav, who won the Commonwealth Championships in 2018 and 2019, lost to Australia’s Joshua Katz in the quarterfinals, but he put up a brilliant performance in the 60kg repechage to enter the bronze medal match with a ‘Waza Ari’ victory over Dylan. Monroe of Scotland.
A ‘waza-ari’ is awarded after a player has thrown his opponent with control and accuracy, but not to the extent of an eyepan.
Jasleen Singh Saini will also fight for the bronze medal after losing to Finlay Allen of Scotland in the men’s 66kg semi-final.
Saini, who had reached the semi-finals earlier in the day, lost to Scotland after a performance by ‘Ippen’ in a match that lasted a little less than two-and-a-half minutes.
The 24-year-old Saini, however, has a chance to secure a podium finish as he competes against Australian Nathan Katz in the bronze medal play-off tonight.
Suchika Tarial has already advanced to the bronze medal round in women’s 57kg repechage by defeating Donne Breitenbach of South Africa.
India won two silver and two bronze in Glasgow 2014, their best ever performance in Judo.