It was the Indian’s second silver medal on the showpiece. She had completed runners-up on the 2014 Glasgow Games as properly
It was the Indian’s second silver medal on the showpiece. She had completed runners-up on the 2014 Glasgow Games as properly
Indian judokas L Shushila Devi and Vijay Kumar Yadav signed off with a silver and a bronze medal in girls’s 48kg and males’s 60kg respectively on the Commonwealth Games right here on Monday.
The 27-year-old Shushila fought laborious earlier than shedding the ultimate through ‘Waza-Ari’ within the 4.25-minute ultimate in opposition to South Africa’s Michaela Whitebooi, whereas Yadav dished out a dominating present to take down Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus with a ‘Ippon’ within the bronze medal match.
For Shushila, it was her second silver medal on the showpiece occasion. She had completed runners-up on the 2014 Glasgow video games as properly.
A sub-inspector with Manipur Police, Shushila had progressed to the ultimate, beating Priscilla Morand of Mauritius. she had crushed Harriet Bonface of Malawi on approach to her quarterfinals earlier within the day.
The 26-year-old Yadav, then again, produced a superlative efficiency as he pounced on the error of his opponent and pinned him down for 10 seconds to finish the competition in simply 58 seconds.
Ippon is a transfer through which a contestant throws his opponent to the mat with appreciable power and pace in order that the opponent lands on his again. An ippon can be awarded when a contestant immobilizes his opponent with a grappling hold-down for 20 seconds, or when an opponent provides up.
Yadav, who has received the Commonwealth Championships in 2018 and 2019, had misplaced to Joshua Katz of Australia within the quarterfinal, however he produced an excellent efficiency in 60kg repechage to advance to the bronze medal match with a win by ‘Waza Ari’ over Dylon Munro of Scotland.
A ‘waza-ari’ is awarded after a participant throws his opponent with management and accuracy, however to not the extent of an ippon.
Jasleen Singh Saini may also battle for a bronze medal after shedding the lads’s 66kg semifinal to Scotland’s Finlay Allan.
Saini, who sailed into the semifinals earlier within the day, misplaced after the Scot carried out an ‘Ippon’ in a match that lasted rather less than two and half minutes.
The 24-year-old Saini, nonetheless, has an opportunity to earn a podium end as he’ll compete within the bronze medal play-off in opposition to Australian Nathan Katz later tonight.
Suchika Tariyal has already reached the bronze medal spherical after defeating Donne Breytenbach of South Africa within the girls’s 57kg repechage.
India had received two silver and two bronze on the Glasgow 2014, their greatest ever present in judo.
Source: www.thehindu.com