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India wins three medals in judo

| | Jul 25, 2014, at 07:12 am
Glasgow, July 24 (IBNS): Indian judo players clinched three medals here on the first day of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam won silver after losing their respective final bouts  in the men's 60kg and women's 48kg events.

India's Kalpana Thoudam won the bronze medal in the women’s 52kg category. 

Kalpana grabbed the medal on the basis of conceding lesser penalty points against Christianne Legentil of Mauritius.

India clinched their first gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games as Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won the medal in women's 48kg weightlifting here on Thursday.

In the same event, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal.

Sanjita won the gold with a total lift of 173kg (77+96).

The silver medallist  made a cumulative effort of 170 (75+95).

The bronze medal was won by Nigeria’s Nkechi Opara with 162 (70+92).

In the women's hockey, India beat Canada 4-2.

 

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