Visually-impaired Kokila wins silver, Kapil bags bronze in judo
India, Oct. 19 -- India's visually-impaired judokas snared two medals at the Asian Para Games on Monday, with Kokila winning a silver in women's J2 -52kg category and Kapil Parmar clinching a bronze in the men's J1 -70kg division here.
Hangzhou Asian Para Games bronze-medallist Kokila lost to Kyrgyzstan's Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy in the final. Kyzy secured an Ippon (the highest-scoring move in judo that wins the match instantly) in just 21 seconds to claim the gold medal at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall.
Kapil, who won a silver in the previous edition of the Games, fought for bronze this time after going down in the semifinal to another Indonesian, Junaedi 0-1.
In the playoff against another Indonesian, Ahnaf Rafli Shidqi, Kapil p...
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