India’s Sunibala Huidrom was the lone judoka to be in contention for a podium finish as she fought her way to the bronze medal round amid a disappointing showing from the rest of her teammates on day two of the Commonwealth Games being played at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) hall in Glasgow.
Sunibala Huidrom defeated Canada’s Monika Burgess in the repechage round of the women’s 70-kg category and will fight with Scotland’s Sally Conway for the bronze medal. The Manipuri girl had earlier got the better of Bostwana’s Memory Zikhale, but lost in the quarterfinals to Australia’s Catherine Arscott.Another Indian women judoka, Garima Choudhary missed out on an opportunity to play in the bronze medal play-off bout of the women’s 63-kg category after she lost to England’s Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown.
Garima Choudhary defeated Cameroon’s Bibiene Fopa in the first round, but lost to Soctland’s Sarah Clark in the last four-stage. She subsequently lost in the rephechage round to England’s Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown in the repechage round.Earlier, the Indian men judokas put up disappointing performances, with Balwinder Singh and Vikender Singh crashing out in the first round. Balwinder Singh lost in the first round of the men’s 73-kg to Mozambique’s Edson Madeira,while Vikender Singh went down to Cameroon’s Eric Jean Omgba Fouda in the men’s 81-kg category.
Indian judokas’ performance on day two was in stark contrast to the opening day when they notched up two silver and one bronze.
