‘I simply had a video name’: Sakshi Malik provides replace on wrestler Nisha Dahiya’s damage | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

NEW DELHI: Sakshi Malik, India’s bronze medalist on the 2016 Rio Olympics and a mentor to Nisha Dahiya, took to social media platform X to specific assist for her following a heartbreaking loss within the girls’s freestyle 68 kg quarterfinal on the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Sakshi, emphasizing Nisha’s resilience and willpower, pressured the wrestler’s disappointment over a missed medal alternative moderately than the damage itself.
“I simply had a video name with Nisha Dahiya. She is unquestionably in ache, however her spirits are very excessive. She is just upset about the opportunity of lacking out on a medal. Similar to you fought the bout regardless of your damage, the complete nation is pleased with you, Nisha,” Sakshi wrote on X (previously Twitter).

Nisha, who began sturdy with an 8-1 lead in opposition to North Korea’s Sol Gum Pak, suffered a dislocated finger, necessitating repeated medical timeouts.
Regardless of her seen ache and a closely taped finger, she bravely continued the match. Nevertheless, Pak capitalized on the scenario, in the end profitable 10-8 with a last-minute surge within the ultimate 12 seconds.
Nisha’s journey within the match started with a robust 6-4 victory in opposition to Ukraine’s Tetiana Sova within the pre-quarterfinals. Whereas the quarterfinal loss was a setback, Dahiya’s Olympic dream just isn’t over.
Ought to Pak advance to the ultimate, Nisha may have a possibility to compete for a bronze medal by way of the repechage spherical. This situation retains her and India’s medal hopes alive.