The wrestling queen of India Vinesh Phogat has entered in the quarterfinals of the 53kg in the Rome Ranking Series. 2018 Asian Champion Vinesh easily defeated Khrystyna Bereza of Ukraine 12-0 to book her place in the last 8. Phogat is now drawn to meet Lannuan Luo of China for
a place in the semi-finals. In the absence of In the absence of 2019 World Champion Pak Yong Mi of North Korea and World number 2 Mayu Mukaida of Japan, Phogat is be the top seed and favorite to win gold in the category.
Real test against Qiyanu Pang of China
The biggest challenge for the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh will come from World number 4 Qiyanu Pang of China. In the entire list of 17 wrestlers in fray in the 53kg, Pang is the only one who can stop Vinesh from winning the first gold at the UWW Ranking series event and may create hurdlers for her in the semi-finals match up.
Satyawart Kadian & Sumit Malik also through to the next rounds
The men’s freestyle competitions also begin today as India’s Satyawart Kadian (97kg) and Sumit Malik (125kg) won their opening bouts in contrasting styles. In the 97kg category Kadian won his opening round against Mamed IBRAGIMOV of Kazakhstan. The Indian was down 1-3 but came back strongly in last 30 seconds
to win 6-3.
Mat A – 5:15 PM
WW – 53 kg | 1/4 Final | 250 | (CHN) Lannuan LUO (1) | (IND) Vinesh VINESH (4) |
Mat C – 5:00 PM
FS – 125 kg | 1/4 Final | 303 | (CAN) Amarveer DHESI (8) | (IND) Sumit SUMIT (11) |
DAY 3 – RESULTS | |||||||
Style | WC | Match | Player 1 | Player 2 | Mat | Timings | Results |
WW | 53KG | PreQuarter | (IND) VINESH | (UKR) Khrystyna BEREZA | A | 3:50PM | bt By 12-0 |
FS | 125KG | Qualification | (IND) SUMIT | (UKR) Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI | B | 3:50PM | Won |
FS | 97KG | PreQuarter | (IND) Satywart KADIAN | (KAZ) Mamed IBRAGIMOV | B | 4:05PM | |
WW | 50KG | PreQuarter | (IND) Devi NIRMALA | (KAZ) Valentina Ivanovna ISLAMOVA BRIK | B | 4:20PM | |
FS | 125KG | Quarterfinal | (IND) SUMIT | Amarveer DHESI (CAN) | C | 5:00PM | |
WW | 53KG | Quarterfinal | (IND) VINESH | Lannuan LUO (CHN | A | 5:15PM |
You May Also Like:
UWW Awards: Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sarita Mor among Indians in top 3, check details
Commonwealth Wrestling Championships postponed after new COVID-19 variant takes South Africa by stor...
Olympic star Ravi Dahiya bags Rs 2 crore reward from Delhi govt, appointed as Assistant Director in ...
Asian Games: Bajrang Punia starts hunt for new coach ahead of Asian Games
Commonwealth Senior Wrestling Championships: Check out the list of Indian wrestlers participating th...
‘It is time for a new coach now’: Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia
Senior National Wrestling Championship 2021 Day 3 Result: Check Full Results of FreeStyle
Senior National Wrestling Championship 2021 Day 3 LIVE: How to watch Senior National Wrestling Champ...
Senior National Wrestling Championship 2021 Day 2 Result: Check Full Results of Women National Wres...