Kenya’s judo star Zeddy Cherotich could not come away with a Commonwealth Games medal, after falling just shy of the bronze-medal contest at SEC Hall 4 in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday, 2 August.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsCherotich, who in 2024 became the first Kenyan woman to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris, won one fight in this year’s “Club Games”, but could not get past her repechage contest, that would have ensured her of a path to a historic bronze medal.##NAJAVA_MECA_9872309##The 36-year-old Kenya Defence Forces(KDF)sergeant got her women’s 78 kilograms campaign underway with a resounding come-from-behind victory over Mauritius’ Lindsy Joseph in the Round of 16.Cherotich looked on her way to another opening defeat – after her bizarre loss at the Paris Olympics two years ago – when she went down with a waza-ari inside 24 seconds, before compounding her struggles by gifting away a yuko six seconds later.Kenya narrowly misses out on historic judo medal at Commonwealth GamesThe Kenyan would, however, turn around the tables, securing a pivotal ippon with a minute and 26 seconds gone in the contest, to burst her way into the quarter-finals.Once there, Cherotich was no match for 24-year-old Australian Maria Swan, who eliminated the Kenyan via ippon, inside one minute and 37 seconds.©Team Kenya/XBoth fighters were called for a shido in the opening 13 seconds, before Swan opened her scoring account with a waza-ari after 45 seconds.Cherotich, ranked seventh in the world, would not respond to going 10-0 down, eventually surrendering an ippon to force her hunt for one of the two bronze medals on offer through a repechage.Still, Cherotich was much inferior once there, as Englishwoman Shelley Ludford won a via ippon after one minute and 33 seconds.Thika ready for KSSSA National Term Two Games as quest for new champions beginsThe 27-year-old, who will now face Zanet Michaelidou of Cyprus in the second bronze-medal contest later on Sunday evening, first dropped Cherotich with a waza-ari after 54 seconds, then wound up a big win with a game-sealing ippon 39 seconds later.Defeat marked the end of the Commonwealth campaign for Cherotich, who earlier this year won bronze in the African Judo Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.With all Kenyan judokas failing to capture a medal, the nation’s barren spell in that event in the Commonwealth Games extended for at least another four years, when the next edition comes around in India in 2030.KSSSA National Volleyball fixtures released as champions begin quest for School Games gloryElsewhere in cycling, Kenya’s Peter Karanja finished 22nd in the Men’s 1000m time-trial final, which was won by Australia’s Leigh Hoffman in 58530 seconds.Karanja, who also participated in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit early in the week – placing 21st – clocked 1:17.111.