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File picture of Vinesh Phogat at Paris Olympics 2024.© X (Twitter)
Vinesh Phogat (50kg) turned the primary Indian girl wrestler to achieve the ultimate of the Olympic Video games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez right here on Tuesday. With this win within the semifinal, Vinesh assured herself no less than a silver medal. Each wrestlers acquired off to a cautious begin however a passivity clock on Lopez meant that Vinesh acquired on the board with one technical level after the Cuban did not take a threat. Vinesh was main 1-0 on the finish of the primary interval.
She prolonged her dominance within the second interval with 4 extra factors to seal the bout in her favour.
Earlier, Vinesh entered the semifinals on the again of two unimaginable wins, in opposition to reigning Olympic champion Yui Susaki of Japan and Ukraine’s eighth seed Oksana Livach on a memorable day for the combative Indian grappler.
She confronted a quarter-final exit within the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions.
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