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India win Commonwealth judo title with 14 medals

By IANS

New Delhi : India won 14 medals, including seven golds, to clinch the seniors title while the juniors finished runners-up with six medals at the Commonwealth Judo Championship in Mauritius.

The junior team won four golds, one silver and one bronze in the competition that concluded Sunday, the Judo Federation of India (JFI) said here Monday.

A total of 23 judokas represented India in the 13-nation championship that was a warm-up event for the upcoming Asian Judo Championships.

In the senior section, Sandeep (56 kg), Navjot Chana (60 kg), Ram Ashrey Yadav (73 kg), Ranjit Kaur (44 kg), Khumujam Tombi Devi (48 kg), Anita Chanhu (52 kg) and Garima Chaudhry (63 kg) won gold medals while Yashpal Solanki (open) and Laisram Nirupama Devi (57 kg) clinched the silver.

Virender Singh (81 kg), Anil Kumar (90 kg), Pawan Kumar (100-plus kg), Chogtham Jina Devi (70 kg) and Bittu (78 kg) managed bronze medals.

Cameroon finished second behind India in the senior category with four gold, two silver and one bronze medal while Scotland was third with three gold, five silver and five bronze medals.