Malmgren Sandahl reached the bronze medal match via the repechage. She began the championships in Kazakhstan with a loss to Japan’s Moe Kiyooka. But because Kiyooka later reached the final, Malmgren Sandahl got a chance to compete in the repechage, where she beat Turkey’s Yetgil Kamal.
In the bronze medal match, the Swede was outscored by Zhang and lost 5–2.
Malmgren Sandahl already has, among other achievements, two European Championship gold medals and a gold medal at the U23 World Championships in her trophy cabinet at home.
In the 62-kilogram class, Johanna Lindborg lost the bronze medal match to Bulgaria’s Bilyana Dudova, 2–5.
