JAKARTA: Vinesh Phogat on Monday created history through turning into the primary Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal on the Asian Games, brushing aside her competitors with exceptional ease within the 50kg category right here.
Vinesh used to be a medal-favourite in her category and used to be prone to face stiff competition from Japan's Yuki Irie whom she outplayed 6-2 within the final.
It is no doubt a ground-breaking achievement for the 23-year-old firebrand Haryana wrestler, who is attached to Dangal-famed Phogat family.
Putting behind her heart-breaking loss on the Olympics two years in the past, Vinesh began her victorious campaign with a revenge win towards Chinese Yanan Sun towards whom she had suffered that horrible leg injury which reduce brief her adventure in Rio.
This time Vinesh did not give her opponent any probability and got here out a dominant winner with a Eight-2 ranking.
In the following bout she brushed aside the problem of Korea's Hyungjoo Kim through technical superiority. She ended the bout with a four-point throw.
Vinesh's semifinal lasted simply 75 seconds as she moved into the final with a 'fitley'. She used to be already up Four-Zero after which rolled over her opponent thrice with leg-lock.
The gold additionally enabled Vinesh to succeed in some other feat as she changed into the only woman wrestler to win two medals in back-to-back Asian Games.
Vinesh had previous received a bronze medal within the 48kg category on the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
Vinesh additionally received back-to-back gold medals in Glasgow and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this year.
Vinesh used to be a medal-favourite in her category and used to be prone to face stiff competition from Japan's Yuki Irie whom she outplayed 6-2 within the final.
It is no doubt a ground-breaking achievement for the 23-year-old firebrand Haryana wrestler, who is attached to Dangal-famed Phogat family.
Putting behind her heart-breaking loss on the Olympics two years in the past, Vinesh began her victorious campaign with a revenge win towards Chinese Yanan Sun towards whom she had suffered that horrible leg injury which reduce brief her adventure in Rio.
This time Vinesh did not give her opponent any probability and got here out a dominant winner with a Eight-2 ranking.
In the following bout she brushed aside the problem of Korea's Hyungjoo Kim through technical superiority. She ended the bout with a four-point throw.
Vinesh's semifinal lasted simply 75 seconds as she moved into the final with a 'fitley'. She used to be already up Four-Zero after which rolled over her opponent thrice with leg-lock.
The gold additionally enabled Vinesh to succeed in some other feat as she changed into the only woman wrestler to win two medals in back-to-back Asian Games.
Vinesh had previous received a bronze medal within the 48kg category on the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
Vinesh additionally received back-to-back gold medals in Glasgow and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this year.
Vinesh first Indian woman wrestler to win Asiad gold
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