Sushila Devi won silver medal in judo, final did not last even 5 minutes
In the 48 kg final of Judo, India’s Sushila Devi Likmabam has lost and she had to be content with the silver medal.” The match lasted for 4 minutes 25 seconds.
During the match, both the players got 2-2 points as penalties. After which the decision was made through the golden number. Michaela Whitboi of South Africa won the gold medal with 1 point under Waza-Aari scoring.
SHUSHILA BAGS SILVER 🤩🤩
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Shushila Devi 🥋 (2014 #CWG Silver medalist) clinches her 2nd #CommonwealthGames medal after putting up a good technical fight against Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa 💪💪
Well done champ, we are proud of you!#Cheer4India#India4CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/gCp2HwUWEt
Sushila had defeated Priscilla Morand of Mauritius at Ippone in the semi-finals. Prior to that, Sushila had defeated Harriet Bonface of Malawi in the quarter-finals. She managed to win a silver medal for India in this event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. With this Sushila Devi became the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Commonwealth Games’ Judo event.
Sushila was born on February 1, 1995 and hails from Manipur. Sushila was fond of Judo since childhood as her family has been associated with this sport. Sushila was the only player to represent India in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Sushila Devi considers veteran boxer MC Mary Kom as her role model.
This is such a scoring pattern of Judo, the players of Judo are called ‘joka’. Judo is scoring three ways, which is called IPPone, Vaza-Ari and UCO. When the player throws the opposition player And does not give up to him. If there is a full points, the player gets victory. Sushila Devi won the semi-finals through IPPone. Now the number of medals of India has now become 8 medal. In addition to two medals in Judo, India won 6 medal weightlifting. Wetalifter Merabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalirinunga and Achanta Shauli won gold. On the other hand, Sargar and Bindiyan Devi Silver Medal made his name. Apart from this, Gururaja Pujari had made Bronze Medal. There is also a medal confirmation in India’s lawn ball.
