Sakshi Malik Receives Grand Welcome On Return From Rio
August 24, 2016 15:07
Wrestler Sakshi Malik broke the jinx by grabbing India's first medal at Rio 2016 when she won the women's 58 kg freestyle bronze
From ministers to politicians, everyone waited to give a grand welcome to Indian woman wrestler Sakshi Malik (All photos courtesy PTI)
Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics
She broke the jinx to earn India's first medal at the 2016 Rio Games
Sakshi was greeted by her father at the IGI Airport in New Delhi
She is the first woman wrestler from India to win a medal at the Olympic Games
She is only the fourth Indian woman to win an Olympic medal after weightlifter Karnam Malleswari, boxer MC Mary Kom and badminton player Saina Nehwal
She had said that he was delighted to join the likes of Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt after clinching the bronze
India ended the Rio 2016 Games with only two medals with badminton player PV Sindhu clinching a silver in women's singles category