GB's Karina Bryant wins a bronze medal in judo

by liamssoft | August 3, 2012 at 08:39 am

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Great Britain's Karina Bryant claimed Olympic bronze in the women's +78kg by beating Iryna Kindzerska of Ukraine.

Cuba's Idalys Ortiz won gold by judges' decision against Japan's Mika Sugimoto, who beat Bryant in the semi-final.

Bryant went behind to a waza-ari in her bronze medal contest but the 33-year-old levelled with a waza-ari on the counter to huge roars from the crowd.

She conceded a yuko but scored a second waza-ari which, added to the first, gave her an ippon and victory.

It is a second medal for GB's women in the judo after the silver won by Gemma Gibbons in the -78kg category on Thursday.

Bryant already has four European Championship golds and seven World Championship medals to her name, but her bronze at the ExCel provided a first medal in four Olympics appearances.

Source: bbc.co.uk