New Delhi, July 31 -- Indian judoka Asmita Dey scripted history on Friday by clinching the country's first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. Competing in the women's -48kg category in Glasgow, the young star defeated Canada's Heidi Quach in a tense final that went down to the wire.

No Indian athlete had ever stood on the top of the podium in judo at the Commonwealth Games before this day. Asmita changed that with a display of grit, timing and composure under pressure.

Asmita Dey entered the final as the first Indian to reach a CWG judo gold-medal match. She walked into the arena ahead of her Canadian opponent Heidi Quach. The bout carried extra weight from the start because of the historical gap in Indian judo's Commonwealth r...