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Vinesh Phogat defeated Ukraine’s Oksana Livach within the quarterfinals© X (Twitter)
Seasoned Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat entered her maiden Olympic semifinals within the 50kg class, beating Ukraine’s Oksana Livach within the last-eight stage in Paris on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Vinesh defeated Livach 7-5 in a hard-fought bout to get nearer to an elusive Olympic medal in her third try. This was after she precipitated the largest wrestling upset on this video games when she shocked four-time world champion and reigning gold-medallist Yui Susaki of Japan on factors to enter the quarter-finals.
Trailing 0-2 after conceding penalty factors for passivity, the Indian wrestler got here again brilliantly within the final 5 seconds to take down the highest seed by clinching three factors to win 3-2.
Vinesh had did not win a medal in her two earlier Olympic appearances.
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