Belgrade Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat scripts historical past, wins her 2nd World Championships medal

Vinesh Phogat turned the primary Indian lady to win a number of medals on the World Championships. The 28-year-old gained the bronze medal within the girls’s 53kg freestyle class in Belgrade.

Vinesh Phogat wins Bronze in Belgrade, her 2nd World Championships medal (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSVinesh Phogat gained a bronze medal within the girls’s 53kg classVinesh defeated the reigning European champion Emma MalmgrenVinesh gained her maiden world medal in 2019

Vinesh Phogat opened India’s account on the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, claiming her 2nd bronze medal within the phrase meet, on Wednesday, September 14. Vinesh has turn into the primary Indian lady to win a couple of medal on the wrestling world championships.

Vinesh Phogat defeated Emma Malmgren, the reigning European champion 8-0 within the bronze medal bout of ladies’s 53kg freestyle class on Wednesday.

It was comeback from Vinesh Phogat who suffered a shock loss within the opening spherical of the 53kg class on Tuesday. The Tenth-seeded Indian misplaced to Mongolia’s Khulan Batkhuyag 0-7 however she was pulled right into a repechage spherical. Batkhuyag reached the ultimate and finally completed with silver after shedding to Dominique Parrish of the United States of America.

#WrestleBelgrade WW 53kg medal bouts outcomes

Dominique PARRISH df. Khulan BATKHUYAG , 4-2

Vinesh PHOGAT df. Jonna MALMGREN , 8-0
Maria PREVOLARAKI df. Lucia YEPEZ , 14-4

— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) September 14, 2022

Vinesh was main 2-0 after a strong present of defensive self-discipline on the finish of the primary interval in her bronze medal bout following which she upped the ante to go 8-0 up and safe victory by factors.

Vinesh had defeated Zhuldyz of Kazakhstan within the first spherical of repechage and certified for the bronze medal match after her 2nd repechage opponent Leyla Gurbanov pulled out.

Meanwhile, India’s Nisha Dahiya will struggle for bronze within the girls’s 68kg class on Thursday. She misplaced her semi-final bout to younger Japan wrestler Ami Ishii.

For Vinesh, it has been few months on the tour. The highly-rated wrestler put behind the Tokyo Olympics heartbreak and made a powerful comeback on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham by profitable her third gold on the CWG.

Vinesh has overcome a troublesome part in her profession whereby she contemplated quitting the game after the heartbreak in Tokyo. The 28-year-old will likely be extra assured wrestler after the World Championship medal as he continues her journey to Paris 2024.

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