Olympics 2012: India's sole judoka knocked out

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Jul 31, 2012, 05:36 PM IST

India's sole judoka Garima Chaudhary was knocked out of the 2012 London Olympics after she lost to Japanese Yoshie Ueno in the opening round of the women's 63 kg class here on Tuesday.

India's sole judoka Garima Chaudhary was knocked out of the 2012 London Olympics after she lost to Japanese Yoshie Ueno in the opening round of the women's 63 kg class here Tuesday.

She was beaten by the Japanese by an Ippon in just 1.21 minutes.

Garima, who is ranked 88th in the world, secured the continental quota spot along with Turkmenistan's 63rd ranked Gulnar Hayytbaeva.

Garima qualified for the London Games after consistent performances at the international level, beginning with the Paris World championships last year, followed by an impressive showing in the World Cup in Warsaw and the Asian championship in Tashkent this year.