Japanese para judoka Shizuka Hangai lost her bid for gold on Thursday to Ukraine's Nataliya Nikolaychyk, but departs the Paris Games with a silver medal and a first podium finish in her fourth Paralympics.The two combatants in the women's 48-kilogram J1 class final struggled for domination on the mat for close to three minutes. Hangai was hit with a waza-ari by Nikolaychyk first, before the Ukrainian won gold at Champ de Mars Arena with an ippon."She waits for the (right) chance and does not miss," Hangai said of Nikolaychyk. "She held firm until she could make the winning move...she's a gr…READ FULL ARTICLE
