Commonwealth Games Judo: Navjot, Sushila corner silver medals for India, Kalpana bags bronze

Navjot Chana (right)

India’s Navjot Chana and Sushila Likmabam settled for two silver medals in the judo competition of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday.

Navjot, a 2010 Commonwealth Championship gold medallist, was beaten by England’s Ashley Mckenzie in the final bout of the men’s 60kg category.

Earlier, Navjot had downed South Africa’s Daniel le Grange in the semifinals. He had pipped Wales’ Brandon Dodge in the quarterfinals after accounting for Australia’s Tom Pappas in the opening round.

Sushila Likmabam also took the silver after losing the final bout to Scotland’s Kimberley Renicks in the women’s 48kg category.

Earlier, the Manipuri lass had beaten Australia’s Chloe Rayner in the semifinals. Sushila had defeated defeated Cameroon’s Marie Medza Effa in the first round before going on to eliminate Australia’s Amy Meyer in the pre-quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, Kalpana Thoudam took home the bronze medal as she defeated Mauritius’ Christianne Legentil in the women’s 52kg category. Kalpana won on the basis of racking up fewer penalty points than Legentil – she collected two penalty points while her opponent picked up three.

India’s Manjeet Nandal bowed out in the repechage round of the men’s 66kg category. Another Indian Shivani lost to Canada’s Jessica Klimkait in the first round of the women’s 57kg category.