Mixed fortunes
Dan Powell is on course to win judo bronze but brother Marc will leave London 2012 empty handed.
Last Updated: 31/08/12 4:45pm
Great Britain's Dan Powell is on course to win judo bronze on Friday - but brother Marc will leave London 2012 empty handed.
The Liverpudlian duo - sons of three-time Paralympic judoka Terry - both lost their first bouts of the day at the ExCel.
Dan was first to take to the mat in east London and lost by ippon to world number one Matthias Krieger of Germany in the under 81kg category.
However, he recovered in the repêchage to beat Harley Damiao Pereira after the Brazilian was disqualified.
Brilliant
Powell said: "Basically there is a rule that you can't throw with an arm lock on. He is a very random player, if I am honest, and my arm is a bit sore.
"He beat me earlier in the year and that is just a relief because I knew I could beat him.
"Doing it is a completely different thing and is brilliant to just get that out of the way.
"I am just taking every match as it comes. A year ago I wasn't even meant to be here.
"It is beyond my dreams already and I have another fight and a medal prospect. I will be fighting for my life out there and we'll see what happens."
Defeat
While Dan faces Isao Cruz Alonso of Cuba later on Friday, elder brother Marc is out of the under 73kg competition.
The 23-year-old tapped out against Ukraine's Dmytro Solovey in the quarter-finals and things did not improve in the repêchage as he lost to Iran's Mohammad Ali Shanani.
In the women's -57kg, Afag Sultanova of Azerbaijan remains the woman to beat, with the 2010 world champion facing Turkey's Duygu Cete in the semi-finals later on Friday.
Cuba's Dalidaivis Rodriguez Clark will be hoping to go on and win gold in the women's -63kg class after defeating reigning Paralympic champion Naomi Soazo in the quarter-finals.
