Shirlen Nascimento wins silver at Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam

Brazilian judoka Shirlen Nascimento secured a silver medal in the women's up to 57kg category at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. After defeating Chelsie Giles of Great Britain, Pihla Salonen of Finland, and Mimi Huh of South Korea, Nascimento reached the final.

In the gold medal match, Nascimento traded scores with France's Martha Mawaz. Despite Nascimento scoring a waza-ari and a yuko, Mawaz secured two waza-ari to win the match, leaving Nascimento with the silver medal.

Other notable performances at the event included Portuguese judoka Catarina Costa, who finished fifth in the -48kg category after losing the bronze medal match to Turkey's Sila Ersin via disqualification in golden score. Additionally, Miguel Gago of Portugal was eliminated in his opening match against Brazil's Willian Lima.