Vinesh Phogat bags maiden gold at Asian Wrestling Championship | Other Sports News

Vinesh Phogat received her maiden Asian Championship gold medal after she pinned her rival within the summit conflict in Almaty, Kazakshtan on Friday. There was no stopping the Tokyo-bound wrestler within the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals as she cruised to the title with out dropping a degree within the 53kg class.

Vinesh has notched up seven podium finishes at the Asian meet over time, together with three silver medals earlier than this version. 

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Earlier within the day, she received by technical superiority towards Mongolia’s Otgonjargal Ganbaatar and Taipei’s Meng Hsuan Hsieh whereas an injured Hyunyoung Oh from Korea didn’t flip up for the semifinal.

Vinesh, who had received a bronze within the Delhi version of the Continental championship final 12 months, moved 6-0 up within the last and completed the bout in model by pinning her rival within the first interval itself.

Continuing her spectacular rise, Anshu, who booked an Olympic quota for herself solely few days again at the identical venue, reached the summit conflict with ease in 57kg. 

The 19-year-old received her first two bouts by technical superiority towards Uzbekistan’s Sevara Eshmuratova and Kyrguzstan’s Nazira Marsbek Kyzy to achieve the semifinal.

Her fast strikes and great power had her rivals gasping for breath. Up towards Mongolia’s Battsetseg Altantsetseg, she was main 9-1 when the referee awarded a ‘victory by warning’ to the Indian. The Mongolian was cautioned thrice.

Also reaching the ultimate was Sakshi Malik, who’s competing in 65kg, having missed her declare in her pet 62kg class.

Competing significantly better than she was within the trials, the Rio Games bronze medallist received her first two bouts by technical superiority and was main 3-0  towards Hanbit Lee when the Korean suffered a knee damage and opted out of the competition.

She will struggle for gold towards Mongolia’s Bolortungalag Zorigt.

Also doing effectively was Divya Kakran, who’s competing within the 72kg class. She surprised reigning Asian Champion Zhamila Bakbergenova from Kazakhstan 8-5 en route the third spherical.