Tokyo Olympics: Judo LIVE, July 24, Day 1 — Sushila Devi exits the competition in the opening round — Updates, Scores, Results, Blog

With the loss of Sushila Devi in the round of 32 stages, India's campaign in Judo at the Tokyo Olympics also comes to an end. 

Thank you very much for joining in and stay tuned to The Bridge for more updates as there are many more events to follow the Indian contingent on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.

After struggling in the first two minutes, Éva Csernoviczki pins Sushila Devi down for 20 seconds and gets the Ippon.

Éva Csernoviczki is finding it difficult to score points as we're halfway through the match.

Sushila Devi and Éva Csernoviczki begin their much-anticipated match

The Nippon Budokan arena, the venue for all the Judo matches, is the same place that hosted Judo when the sport made its debut at the Olympics in 1964.

Fair to say that it has come home.

Here's everything that you need to know about Judo before Sushila Devi kicks off her campaign against Éva Csernoviczki.

Making her debut at the Olympic Games, Sushila Devi could not have asked for a tougher start as she will be up against 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Éva Csernoviczki in the 48kg category. The Hungarian is currently ranked 24 in the world while Sushila Devi is ranked 46.

Welcome to the LIVE coverage of Judo Day 1 from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. India's only judoka is up against Éva Csernoviczki from Hungary, and I will take you through all the happenings from the Nippon Budokan Arena.

Stay tuned to The Bridge for all the LIVE updates from Tokyo.