Overview
- Jaismine Lamboria dominated Brazil’s two-time Olympian Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu 5-0 in the women’s 57kg to enter the quarterfinals, one victory from a guaranteed medal.
- Abhinash Jamwal advanced to the men’s 65kg round of 16 with a 5-0 win over Mexico’s Hugo Barron.
- Lakshya Chahar beat Jordan’s Hussein Iashaish 5-0 to reach the last 16 in men’s 80kg and is slated to face France’s Yojerlin Cesar next.
- Sachin Siwach moved into the pre-quarterfinals in men’s 60kg after a 5-0 win over Australia’s Jacob Cassar and is set to meet Kazakhstan’s Biibars Zhexen.
- High-profile exits included Lovlina Borgohain’s 0-5 loss to Turkey’s Busra Isildar, with the Olympian citing training shortcomings, while Sakshi (54kg), Sanamacha Chanu (70kg) and Pawan Bartwal (55kg) also bowed out 0-5.