2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist and 11-time Senior National Champion, Nirmala Devi had to settle with only a silver medal in Senior Asian Wrestling Championships. She was defeated by Miho Igarashi of Japan in a closely fought battle by 3-2 on day 3 of Asian Championships 2020 in New Delhi.
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Nirmala has also been a three-time Commonwealth Wrestling Champion and has featured in finals of a big wrestling event after a long gap of three years. She earned her place in the final by rolling to a 10-0 technical fall over Dauletbike YAKHSHIMURATOVA (UZB).
Nirmala’s opponent Miho Igarashi, two-time world U-23 champion pulled off an upset when she scored the decisive takedown with 15 seconds left in a 5-3 victory over world bronze medalist Valentina ISLAMOVA BRIK (KAZ).
In other results of the gold medal match,
Indians in gold medal match on DAY 3 of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2020
50kg – Miho IGARASHI (JPN) def. NIRMALA Devi (IND) 3-2
55kg – Pinki (IND) def. Dulguun BOLORMAA (MGL) 2-1
59kg – Battsetseg ALTANTSETSEG (MGL) lost to Sarita (IND) 2-3
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