<p>Four Indian judokas were in contention for a bronze medal in the higher weight categories on the third and concluding day of the martial art event here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the men’s event, Sahil Pathania (upto 100 kg) and Parveen Kumar (+100 kg) will be vying for bronze medal via repechage bouts while Jina Devi Chongtham (upto 78 kg) and Rajwinder Kaur (+78 kg) have also reached the medal round.<br /><br />In his quarterfinal bout, Pathania lost to Jason Koster having conceded three shido penalties and ‘Ippon’.<br /><br />However quarterfinal qualification ensured repechage bouts for Pathania, who knocked out Dominic Dugasse of Seychelles with an ‘Ippon’ within a minute. He will now fight against Tim Slyfield of New Zealand in the bronze medal bout.<br /><br />In the (+100 kg) event, Parveen was ‘Ippon’ed in the quarterfinal by Kiwi Sam Rosser but won his repechage bout against Gavin McNeill of New Zealand to set up a bronze medal fight with Jake Andrewartha of Australia. <br /><br />In the women’s (upto 78 kg) event, Manipuri Jina Devi is pitted against Hortense Mballa Atangana in the bronze medal clash.<br /><br />In the (+78 kg) event, Rajwinder Kaur won her repechage bout against Canadian Sophie Vaillancourt by virtue of a single Wazari to set up ‘bronze date’ with Kenyan Esther Akinyi Ratugi. <br /><br /> Swimming<br /><br />India’s Sandeep Sejwal finished sixth in the first semifinal of the 100M breastroke as Indian swimmers continued their disappointing show.<br /><br />Sejwal finished sixth with a timing of 1:03.24 to bow out of the competition on Thursday evening.<br /></p>
<p>Four Indian judokas were in contention for a bronze medal in the higher weight categories on the third and concluding day of the martial art event here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the men’s event, Sahil Pathania (upto 100 kg) and Parveen Kumar (+100 kg) will be vying for bronze medal via repechage bouts while Jina Devi Chongtham (upto 78 kg) and Rajwinder Kaur (+78 kg) have also reached the medal round.<br /><br />In his quarterfinal bout, Pathania lost to Jason Koster having conceded three shido penalties and ‘Ippon’.<br /><br />However quarterfinal qualification ensured repechage bouts for Pathania, who knocked out Dominic Dugasse of Seychelles with an ‘Ippon’ within a minute. He will now fight against Tim Slyfield of New Zealand in the bronze medal bout.<br /><br />In the (+100 kg) event, Parveen was ‘Ippon’ed in the quarterfinal by Kiwi Sam Rosser but won his repechage bout against Gavin McNeill of New Zealand to set up a bronze medal fight with Jake Andrewartha of Australia. <br /><br />In the women’s (upto 78 kg) event, Manipuri Jina Devi is pitted against Hortense Mballa Atangana in the bronze medal clash.<br /><br />In the (+78 kg) event, Rajwinder Kaur won her repechage bout against Canadian Sophie Vaillancourt by virtue of a single Wazari to set up ‘bronze date’ with Kenyan Esther Akinyi Ratugi. <br /><br /> Swimming<br /><br />India’s Sandeep Sejwal finished sixth in the first semifinal of the 100M breastroke as Indian swimmers continued their disappointing show.<br /><br />Sejwal finished sixth with a timing of 1:03.24 to bow out of the competition on Thursday evening.<br /></p>