Shushila Devi, who has won silver in the same 48kg division eight years ago at the 2018 Glasgow Games, did an encore in Birmingham, this time going down to South African Michaela Whitebooi in the final.

Michaela effected a waza-ari in the Golden Score round to seal the contest after both fighters had picked up two penalties in regulation time. It was otherwise a cagey affair with both finalists conservative in their approach.

In the other medal in Judo, Vijay Kumar got a second life after going down to Australian Joshua Katz in his second bout, but took advantage of the repechage rounds to get a shot at bronze against Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus. He needed no second invitation, demolishing the Cypriot 10-0 in the bronze medal match.
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TOP: Indian woman judoka Shushila Devi with her silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on 1 August 2022.
RIGHT: Indian judoka Vijay Kumar Yadav with his bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on 1 August 2022.