Unnati Sharma Wins Bronze In Women's 63Kg Judo At CWG 2026
Unnati Sharma Wins Bronze In Women's 63Kg Judo At CWG 2026 Published By, Last Updated: August 01, 2026, 21:23 IST Unnati Sharma defeated South Africa's
Unnati Sharma Wins Bronze In Women's 63Kg Judo At CWG 2026 Published By, Last Updated: August 01, 2026, 21:23 IST Unnati Sharma defeated South Africa's Skye Knoester in the bronze medal match of the women's 63kg category on Saturday (August 1) to win a medal for India in judo. Unnati Sharma wins medal for India in women's 63kg judo. (Picture Credit: PTI) Unnati Sharma defeated South Africa’s Skye Knoester in the bronze medal match of the women’s 63kg category on Saturday (August 1) to win a medal for India in judo. CWG 2026: Full Coverage | Medals Tally | Schedule | News The bronze medal won by Unnati is India’s fourth medal in judo at the ongoing Games. On Friday, Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh won gold medals for India, while Yamini Mourya bagged the silver medal.
Unnati opened her campaign with a dominant Round of 16 victory over Eswatini’s Lamulela Magagula, sealing the contest by ippon in just one minute and 39 seconds after scoring two successive waza-aris. She then edged past New Zealand’s Qona Christie in the quarter-final, prevailing by waza-ari after also registering a yuko to book her place in the last four. She suffered a defeat in the semi-final but got an opportunity to compete for the bronze medal. Unnati made the most of the chance, putting on a superb performance to secure a podium finish. India’s Harsh Tokas is also in contention for a bronze medal. He will fight for a third place finish in the men’s -81kg event later on Saturday. Tokas suffered a narrow 0-1 defeat to Cyprus’ Odysseas Georgakis, who clinched the bout with a yuko.
Tokas though bounced back by winning against Peniamina Percival in the repechage. Elsewhere Karanjit Singh Mann of India lost the men’s -90kg last-eight clash to Canada’s Guillaume Gaulin, conceding the defeat by ippon after defeating New Zealand’s Elliott Connolly by ippon in three minutes and 29 seconds. He later lost the repechage round to home favourite Scott Cusack. In the women’s -70kg quarterfinals, Inunganbi Takhellambam lost to Canada’s Charlie Thibault by ippon in three minutes and 23 seconds after conceding a yuko earlier in the contest. She faced England’s Jemima Yeats-Brown in the repechage contest but could not utilise the opportunity to her advantage. (With inputs from PTI) News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit About the Author Harshit Bisht Senior Sub-editor Harshit Bisht is a sports journalist at CNN-News18, where he has been covering cricket, football, and major sporting events from around the world since July 1, 2024.
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