World Wrestling Championships: Sakshi Malik bows out in opening round
Other Sports | September 19, 2019 14:27 ISTThe Olympic bronze medallist was slow to get off the blocks and conceded a 0-6 lead before scoring her first takedown.
The Olympic bronze medallist was slow to get off the blocks and conceded a 0-6 lead before scoring her first takedown.
It had emerged on Saturday that 25 of the 45 wrestlers in the camp were barred by the WFI.
In a shocking turn of events, 25 out of of the 45 women grapplers, who train at the SAI centre in Lucknow, reported absent from the national camp without taking permission from the National Federation.
In June, it emerged that the Commonwealth Games Federation had decided to leave out shooting from its programme for Birmingham 2022.
The Kapil Sharma Show has been a party for sportspeople like wrestler Sakshi Malik, Yogeshwar Dutt along with tennis champion Manika Batra.
Besides Sakshi and Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat is another big names who would be vying for top honours during the mega-event.
With Dhanda and Malik's podium finishes, India had four medals in their kitty.
The Rohtak wrestler picked up bronze in the Asian Championships but crashed out of the Yasar Dogu International before reaching the medal round.
Bagging her sixth National title, Vinesh just conceded two points in five bouts. She had earlier won five Nationals in a row from 2012 to 2016.
Vinesh was forced to skip the World Championship in Budapest due to a last-minute elbow injury.
The WFI is set to become only the second national sports body after the BCCI to offer such financial security to its athletes.
The Olympic bronze medallist has been battling poor form since the start of the 2018 season, failing to claim a medal in the 2018 Asian Games.
An unexpected podium finish was assured in Sepak Takraw on a fairly good day for India at the 18th Asian Games here.
The 25-year-old from Haryana had to settle for a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in April and recently crashed out of the Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul before reaching the medal round.
Indian wrestlers returned with 10 medals, including seven by women, from the ranking event in Istanbul, Turkey.
The wrestlers will be in action at the same venue, where the weightlifters signed off a phenomenal campaign on April 9.
India have left their mark in every field and this time, all the hopes lie on the star players to bring home plenty of silverware.
According to her coach Kuldeep Singh Malik, her leg defence has improved and that will help her hold and attack against the opponents in Australia.
Navjot thrashed Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in the final to emerge champion in the women's 65-kilogram category to clinch gold.
Apart from Sakshi (62kg) and Babita (54kg), other women grapplers who booked their berths for the 2018 Commonwealth Games are Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Pooja Dhanda (57kg), Divya Karan (68 kg) and Kiran (76kg).
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