Youthful Yasmin Javadian admits her ‘home’ Coventry crowd hauled her over the line after bagging a battling bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Javadian, who hails from the West Midlands city but represents Northern Ireland owing to family ties, toppled Mozambique's Jacira Ferreira in the women's -52kg category to climb on to the podium.
The result marked the nation’s fifth medal at Birmingham 2022 as Javadian, 21, followed in the podium footsteps of Barry McClements, Chloe MacCombe and Rhys McClenaghan.
