The delighted father of Scots judo star Sally Conway has said her Olympic bronze medal victory will gain her the recognition she deserves after being plagued by injury.

Mark Conway, whose 29-year-old daughter scooped a bronze medal in the women's 70kg judo category, said it was the first time that everything had been "perfect" in the run-up to a competition.

Conway was hampered by a shoulder injury at the London Olympics four years ago, suffered a hip injury during the World Championships in Brazil in 2013 and had two bad elbow injuries during a previous Junior European championships.

Mr Conway said: "In major tournaments she's had a little bit of tough luck really, but in this one she's just come good: everything has been good.

"She's won so many things but she's not got the title and recognition and this gives her the title that people would look at that defines her career.

"It's absolutely fantastic - the girl has worked so hard over the years. She is a proper judo story and today she's fit and well, she's showed her full potential which is absolutely brilliant."

The judo champion has spent the last 13 years training in Edinburgh, where she is now based. She began training at Thornbury Leisure Centre in Bristol, then moved to a club at Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, before becoming full-time when she was 16 and moving to Scotland.

Mr Conway said the bad luck in the past made this victory "sweeter" not just for his daughter but for everyone who had been associated with her during her training.

He added: "In her whole career every time she's been to a major tournament she's had something wrong with her like an injury or her preparation has been really poor, things like that, but this preparation leading up to this games, she's gone there 100% fit."

"She's been in the top 10 in the world for the past eight or nine years but unrecognised I think because she hasn't got this title."