Khushbu Darjada Scripts History, Wins India's Second-Ever Youth Olympics Judo Silver

Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada on Monday became the second Indian judoka to win a silver medal at Youth Olympics. In the women's 63kg category final in Dakar, Senegal, Khusbu lost to Germany's Jolina Reinhold. Before Khusbu's feat, Thangjam Tababi Devi was the first Indian judo medallist at the Youth Olympic Games. She won a silver medal in the women's 44kg category in the 2018 edition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Earlier in the day, Dhinidhi Desinghu became the first Indian swimmer to win a medal at the Youth Olympics. Dhinidhi clocked 56.27 seconds to finish third behind Croatia's Ana Bobanovic, who clinched gold in 55.89 seconds, and New Zealand's Alyssa Lawson, who took silver in 56.13 seconds. The 16-year-old from Bengaluru had earlier topped her heat in 56.80 seconds to qualify as the third-fastest swimmer for the final. Bobanovic (56.22) and Lawson (56.53) were the only swimmers quicker than her in the heats. Dhinidhi was the youngest member of the Indian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics

The 15-year-old Khushbu began her campaign with a 1-0 win by yuko in her round-of-16 bout against Mamaissata Camara of Guinea. Yuko is a minor scoring point in judo awarded for an effective technique.

In the quarterfinals, Khushbu, from Gujarat, beat Abir Bouazzaoui of Morocco via ippon.

An ippon is the highest possible score in judo, and it immediately ends the match. An ippon can be scored through a throw, a pin, a choke or a joint lock.

Khushbu then stormed into the final with another win via ippon against Dounia Berrahoual of Algeria.

The Algerian was penalised with 'Hansoku-make', the most serious penalty in judo, meaning 'defeat by infringement', which results in immediate disqualification and an automatic win (ippon) for the opponent.

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