Judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched India's seventh medal, and the first outside <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/cwg-2022-ajay-singh-suffers-heartbreak-narrowly-misses-out-on-medal-in-weightlifting-23238871" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">weightlifting</a> at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/cwg-2022-squash-player-joshna-chinappa-loses-in-quarters-23238941" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Commonwealth Games 2022</a> in Birmingham after losing to Michaela Whitebooi of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/south-africa-spinner-tabraiz-shamsi-betters-wifes-four-wicket-request-23238945" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">South Africa</a> 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.
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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.
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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

CWG 2022 Judo: Shushila Devi wins silver, Vijay Kumar seals bronze

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