Tata Motors 23rd Senior Women Wrestling National Championship Full Results: Haryana dominated the first day of the Tata Motors 23rd Senior Women National Wrestling Championship by winning eight medals in five weight categories which were 50kg, 55kg, 57kg, 62kg, and 72kg. The highlight of the day was Sakshi Malik versus Sonam final in the 62kg division. The latter defeated the Olympic medallist 7-5 to claim stake in the featherweight category.
In 50kg, India’s long-time No.1 wrestler Nirmala Devi was absent, making way for young wrestlers. Minakshi of Haryana clinched gold. Meanwhile, Anshu continued her dominance in the 57kg, defeating Lalita 3-0.
In 55kg, which is a non-Olympic weight category, missed a lot of Olympic hopefuls including Asian Championship gold-medallist Pinki. Anju is the new champion in the weight category. In the heavyweight category (72kg), Pinki was crowned the champion as U23 Asian Champion, Naina settled for silver.
Check full results of Day 1 here
50 kg.
Gold Minakshi HAR
Silver Henny Kumari HAR
Bronze Swati Shinde MAH
Bronze Kirti DEL
55 kg.
Gold Anju HAR
Silver Bunty DEL
Bronze Indu Tomar UP
Bronze Sushma Shokin DEL
57 kg.
Gold Anshu HAR
Silver Lalita RSPB
Bronze Raman Yadav MP
Bronze Mansi HAR
62 kg.
Gold Sonam HAR
Silver Sakshi Malik RSPB
Bronze Pushpa. MP
Bronze Manisha HAR
72 kg.
Gold Pinki RSPB
Silver Naina HAR
Bronze Priyanka UP
Bronze Kavita RSPB
The bouts in remaining 5 weight categories I.e. 53 kg., 59 kg., 65 kg., 68 kg. & 76 kg. will be held tomorrow.
