Rio 2016, Women's Wrestling: Sakshi Malik Enters Quarterfinals, Vinesh Phogat Loses
Sakshi Malik defeated Moldova's Esanu Cherdivara to enter the 58kg women's freestyle wrestling event in 2016 Rio Olympics while Vinesh Phogat was eliminated in the 48kg freestyle event after injuring her knee
- NDTVSports
- Updated: August 17, 2016 08:54 PM IST
Highlights
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Sakshi Malik defeated Esanu Cherdivara
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Vinesh Phogat suffered an injury in the quarter-final
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Three women wrestlers are representing India in Rio 2016
Sakshi Malik, along with Vinesh Phogat, kept India's medal hopes alive in women's freestyle wrestling as both Indian grapplers entered the quarter-finals in their respective categories in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Sakshi, who wrestled in the pre-quarterfinals, defeated Malin Johanna Mattsson of Finland 5-4 to advance to the quarter-finals in the 58ky freestyle wrestling category. In the quarter-final, she faced up to Esanu Cherdivara of Molodva and won a tight match to enter the quarter-finals.
In the 48kg freestyle category, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated Romania's Alina Emilia to enter the quarter-finals where she took China's Sun Yunan. However, Vinesh suffered a knee injury and had to concede her match to Sun after she was trailing 1-2 in the first half.
After much deliberation, the referee awarded the match to the Chinese grappler while Vinesh was stretchered out.