XXII Commonwealth Games – Day 6 |04 August 2022
Dugasse falls short of bronze medal
Praslinois judoka Dominique Dugasse yesterday missed out on a bronze medal after losing his bronze-medal contest in the men +100 kg against Liam Park of Australia.
In the elimination round of 16, Dugasse defeated Jamaican Steven Moore by ippon, before losing quarter-final against Kody Andrews of New Zealand.
After the repechage, Dugasse was drawn against Kenyan Kalvin Afude, where the Seychellois heavyweight won by ippon, qualifying for the bronze medal contest where he lost to Park.
Yesterday it was also the turn of our local table tennis players to test their skills at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, where in the women’s singles – group nine – Christy Bristol won her second match 4-2 against Priscilla Greaves of Guyana.
The set scores were 8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-9, 10-12 and 11-8.
In her first match at the National Exhibition Bristol lost 0-4 (7-11, 7-11, 2-11 and 8-11) against Sophie Earley of Wales.
In the women's singles – group 11 – Laura Sinon was up against Rita Nakhumitsa of Uganda, losing 0-4 (5-11, 5-11, 10-12, 7-11).
In her second match last night, Sinon lost 0-4 against Aishath Rafa Nazi of the Maldives.
The set scores were 3-11, 3-11, 3-11 and 1-11.
In the men’s singles – group six – Mick Créa lost both his matches in straight sets.
In his first match, Créa was up against Callum Evans of Wales and he lost 0-4 (9-11, 6-11, 4-11-3-11), while in his second match he played against Sharpel Elia of Cyprus and again, Créa lost 0-4.
The set scores were 5-11, 5-11, 4-11 and 6-11.
In the men's singles – group 12 – Godfrey Sultan managed to win a set in his match against Paul McCreery of Northern Ireland.
After winning the first set 12-10, Sultan lost the second set 4-11, before losing the third one 10-12.
Sultan also lost the fourth and fifth sets 5-11 and 6-11 respectively to lose the match 1-4
In his second match later last night, he was to face Iosif Elia of Cyprus.
Roland Duval