The wrestling queen of India Vinesh Phogat has once again proved her mettle as she defeated the Under 23 World Champion Lannuan Lu of China to make it to the last 4 of the Rome Ranking Series. The 2018 Asian Champion look supremely fit and agile as she score 2 four pointers to outfox her Chinese opponent. Vinesh won the bout 15-5.
The top seed Indian will now face the last 2 years bronze medallist at the world championships, Qiyanu Pang of China in the Last 4 battle.
In the 50kg category for women, India’s Nirmala Devi also has entered semifinals as she won her last 8 bout against the Junior World bronze medallist Veronika Gurskaya of Russia. Nirmala who is making her comeback in the Indian team through this tournament after a long gap managed to score in the very last second of the bout to steal victory from the jaws of defeat.
Satyawart Kadian through to the next round
The men’s freestyle competitions also begin today as India’s Satyawart Kadian won his opening 97kg bout. Asian Championship bronze medal winner Kadian won his opening round against Mamed Ibragimov from Kazakhstan. The Indian was down 1-3 before coming back strongly in the last 30 seconds to win 6-3.
In the 125kg Sumit Malik was far from impressive as he lost to 2014 Junior World Champion Amarveer Dhesi of Canada 0-5.
DAY 3 – RESULTS | |||||||
Style | WC | Match | Player 1 | Player 2 | Mat | Timings | Results |
WW | 53KG | PreQuarter | (IND) VINESH | (UKR) Khrystyna BEREZA | A | 3:50PM | Won by 12-0 |
FS | 125KG | Qualification | (IND) SUMIT | (UKR) Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI | B | 3:50PM | Opponent injured |
FS | 97KG | PreQuarter | (IND) Satywart KADIAN | (KAZ) Mamed IBRAGIMOV | B | 4:05PM | Won 6-3 |
WW | 50KG | PreQuarter | (IND) Devi NIRMALA | (KAZ) Valentina Ivanovna ISLAMOVA BRIK | B | 4:20PM | Opponent Injured |
FS | 125KG | Quarterfinal | (IND) SUMIT | Amarveer DHESI (CAN) | C | 5:00PM | Lost 0-5 |
WW | 53KG | Quarterfinal | (IND) VINESH | Lannuan LUO (CHN | A | 5:15PM | Won 15-5 |
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