Indian judoka Sushila Devi won a silver medal
Indian judoka Shushila Devi narrowly lost out to South Africa’s Michaela Whitebooi in women’s 48kg final, to win the silver medal. She was a favourite for the yellow metal after a great showing in the earlier rounds but a late move by the South African stunned her.
Sushila Devi had defeated Mauritius’ Priscilla Morand in the women’s 48kg semifinals to assure at least a silver medal for India at the Commonwealth Games 2022 earlier today..
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Devi, a Commonwealth Games 2014 silver medalist, beat Priscilla Morand of Mauritius in 2:52 minutes in the judo women – 48kg semi-final.
Earlier, she had thrashed Harriet Bonface in 1 minute and 19 seconds in the quarter-final.
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