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Unnati Sharma Secures Bronze as India Finish Four Medals in Judo at Commonwealth Games

A one-minute seven-second ippon in the bronze match signals a renewed push toward Olympic qualification.

India's Unnati Sharma, in white, competes against Australia's Saya Middleton during a women's 63kg semifinal Judo match at the 23rd Commonwealth Games. (PTI)
Glasgow: India's Unnati Sharma (white) competes against Australia's Saya Middleton during the women's -63kg judo semi-final at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday, August 1, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Biplab Banerjee)

Overview

  • Unnati Sharma defeated South Africa’s Skye Knoester by ippon in 1 minute 7 seconds on Sunday to claim the women’s 63kg bronze.
  • India’s judo team closed the Glasgow campaign with four medals: golds for Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh and a silver for Yamini Mourya.
  • Ishroop Narang lost the women’s -78kg bronze bout to Canada’s Coralie Godbout by yuko after reaching the playoff via repechage following a quarterfinal ippon defeat to England’s Emma Reid.
  • Judo scoring shaped the results: an ippon ends a match immediately, waza-ari and yuko are lesser scores, and repechage offers quarterfinal losers a second route to bronze.
  • The bronze caps Unnati’s steady rise — including a 2026 Dakar Africa Open gold and a 2025 Hong Kong Asia Open bronze — drew public praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and boosts her stated aim of Olympic qualification and prospects for greater national support.