Asian Games 2018: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins gold medal

Vinesh Phogat today created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category hereVinesh was a medalfavourite in her category and was likely to face stiff competition from Japans Yuki Irie whom she outplayed 62 in the final It is surely a groundbreaking achievement for the 23yearold firebrand Haryana wrestler who is connected to Dangalfamed Phogat familyPutting behind her heartbreaking loss at the Olympics two years ago Vinesh began her victorious campaign with a revenge win against Chinese Yanan Sun against whom she had suffered that terrible leg injury which cut short her journey in Rio This time Vinesh did not give her opponent any chance and came out a dominant winner with a 82 scoreIn the next bout she brushed aside the challenge of Koreas Hyungjoo Kim by technical superiority She ended the bout with a fourpoint throw Vineshs semifinal lasted just 75 seconds as she moved into the final with a fitley She was already up 40 and then rolled over her opponent thrice with leglock The gold also enabled Vinesh to achieve another feat as she became the only woman wrestler to win two medals in backtoback Asian GamesVinesh had earlier won a bronze medal in the 48kg category at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Vinesh also won backtoback gold medals in Glasgow and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this year Earlier Sakshi Malik paid the price for being overdefensive and was left to fight for bronze in the 62kg categoryCWG silver medallist Pooja Dhanda will also fight for bronze after losing her semifinal in the 57kg Pinki was the only girl to not reach the medal round as she lost her first round bout in the 53kg category against Mongolias Sumiya Erdenechimeg She could not score a single point and lost her bout by technical superioritySumit Malik the last remaining Indian in the mens freestyle bit the dust in the 125kg category as he could not resist his opponent even for two minutes losing by technical superiority Thus the mens campaign finished with just one gold medal from Bajrang Punia 65kg Sakshi playing her first Asian Games was hardly challenged before her semifinal round as she easily won against Thailands Salinee Srisombat 100 and Ayaulym Kassymova 100She was up 40 in her semifinal bout against Kyrgyzstans Aisuluu Tynybekova but lost six points in a row by the end of first period She led 76 with a throw but became too defensive with 10 seconds to go The Kyrgyz took advantage and pushed Sakshi out of the mat to pocket the matchwining two points Pooja lost just one point en route the semifinals as she outclassed Thailands Orasa Sookdongyor 100 and Uzbekistans Nabira Esenbae 121 but lost the lastfour clash on technical superiority to Koreas Myong Suk JongCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever