Young Antim Panghal signed off with a silver medal in her debut Asian Championships after happening to the formidable Akari Fujinami of Japan within the 53kg title conflict whereas 4 different Indian wrestlers clinched bronze medals on Wednesday.
Anshu Malik (57kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg) and Reetika (72kg) added to India’s medal rush, successful their bronze medal bouts.
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Panghal gave a very good account of herself within the event as she registered dominant wins to breeze into the summit conflict.
But Fujinami, the 2021 world champion and somebody who has hardly misplaced a bout since she began competing on the senior stage in 2020, put an finish to her successful run.
The 18-year-old Indian, competing in star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s weight class, misplaced by technical superiority to the Japanese grappler.
The proficient Anshu appeared her formidable finest as she received by technical superiority over Mongolian Erdenesuvd Bat Erdene to bag a bronze within the 57kg occasion.
On the opposite hand, Sonam, who had misplaced within the quarterfinal to Orkhon Purevdorj, bounced again into the competitors after the Mongolian reached the ultimate.
She notched up a 5-1 win over China’s Xiaojuan Luo in her bronze medal bout.
Reetika too received by an identical margin towards Uzbek Svetlana Oknazarova, whereas Manisha recorded a victory by fall win over Albina Kairgeldinova of Kazakhstan.
Earlier Panghal, who final 12 months turned the primary Indian girl wrestler to turn into U20 world champion, routed the 53kg area, not conceding a single level on the strikes of her rivals. The solely level she misplaced was by a warning acquired in her semifinal towards Uzbekistan’s Aktenge Keunimjaeva, whom she outclassed 8-1. Panghal acquired on board with a take-down transfer that she initiated with a left-leg assault. The Uzbeki had the Indian in a headlock place a few occasions however on each events, not solely Panghal wriggled out with consummate ease. She additionally employed counterattacks at a lightning tempo to maintain extending her lead.
Panghal had begun her marketing campaign with a dominating ’win by fall’ towards Singaporean Hsiao Ping Alvina Lim and adopted up with a 6-0 victory within the quarterfinal towards China’s Li Deng.
In the 57kg competitors, extra was anticipated from Anshu, the 2021 world championship silver medallist as she struggled to attain towards Japan’s Sae Nanjo, the reigning U23 world champion.
It was Nanjo who started on an aggressive word, getting maintain of Malik’s left leg however the Indian managed to flee. Malik was placed on the clock for her passivity and conceded some extent for not having the ability to rating inside a 30-second interval. The action-less first interval ended with the Japanese main 1-0.
In the second interval, Nanjo additionally misplaced some extent for passivity however she quickly acquired maintain of Malik’s left leg and turned it powerfully, leaving Malik grimacing in ache and tapping the mat, pleading the Japanese to unlock the leg.
The referee stopped the bout, the injury was finished. The harm had crippled Anshu’s transfer and the Japanese emerged a 5-1 winner.
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India now has 11 medals from the competitors with Greco-Roman wrestlers grabbing 4 of them.
Nisha Dahiya (68kg) received a silver and Priya (76kg) clinched bronze on Tuesday.
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