Commonwealth Games 2014: Sunibala Huirdom to battle it out for bronze in 70 Kg Judo event

IANS

Glasgow, July 25 (IANS) Sunibala Huirdom of India will fight for a 2014 Commonwealth bronze medal in the women's 70kg judo event after beating Canadian Monika Burgess in the Repechage contest. However, Garima Choudhary bowed out losing in the 63kg Repechage to Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown on Friday.

Both Indian competitors lost their quarterfinal bouts, but while Sunibala advanced in the Repechage beating her Canadian opponent through 'Shido' (light penalty), Garima lost to her 19-year-old English opponent via 'Waza-ari' (half-point).

Earlier in the day, Sunibala beat Memory Zikhale of Botswana in the preliminary round of 16 bout via 'Waza-ari' while Garima registered a 'Golden Score' win over Cameroon's Bibiene Fopa.

In the men's section, Balvinder Singh lost to Edson Madeira by a 'Tomoe-nage' throw while Eric Jean Omgba Fouda ousted Vikender Singh through 'Ippon' in a contest lasting just 53 seconds.

In the quarters, Garima lost to Scotland's Sarah Clark while Huidrom went down to Catherine Scott.

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