Asiad 2018: Wrestlers Vinesh, Pooja, Sakshi enter semis
Monday - August 20, 2018 1:52 pm ,
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Asiad 2018: Wrestlers Vinesh, Pooja, Sakshi enter semis
Jakarta Aug 20 (IANS) India s Vinesh Phogat Pooja Dhanda and Sakshi Malik ensured a medal each after registering comprehensive wins to advance to the semi-finals of their respective weight categories in women s freestyle wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games here on Monday.
Vinesh registered a comfortable 11-0 victory over South Korea s Kim Hyungjoo in the 50 kilogram event in the quarter-finals before Pooja booked her berth in the semi-finals after thrashing Esenbaeva Nabira of Uzbekistan 12-1 in the 57kg category.
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi then entered the last four after thrashing Kazakhstan s Ayaulym Kassymova by technical superiority (10-0).
Vinesh had earlier defeated China s Sun Yanan by technical superiority 8-2 in the 50kg 1/8 finals while Sakshi needed less than two minutes to emerge victorious over Thailand s Salinee Srisombat 10-0 in the 62kg 1/8 finals.
Pooja came to the semi-finals on the back of a dominant 10-0 thrashing of Thailand s Orasa Sookdongyor in the 57kg 1/8 finals.
Meanwhile it was heartbreak for the other Indian wrestlers -- Pinki and Sumit Malik -- who lost their respective 1/8 finals.
In women s 53kg Pinki was thrashed by technical superiority (0-10) by Mongolian Sumiya Erdenechimeg while in the men s 125kg 1/8 finals Sumit suffered a similar fate (0-10) against Parviz Hadibasmanj of Iran.
--IANS kk-tri/bg
Vinesh registered a comfortable 11-0 victory over South Korea s Kim Hyungjoo in the 50 kilogram event in the quarter-finals before Pooja booked her berth in the semi-finals after thrashing Esenbaeva Nabira of Uzbekistan 12-1 in the 57kg category.
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi then entered the last four after thrashing Kazakhstan s Ayaulym Kassymova by technical superiority (10-0).
Vinesh had earlier defeated China s Sun Yanan by technical superiority 8-2 in the 50kg 1/8 finals while Sakshi needed less than two minutes to emerge victorious over Thailand s Salinee Srisombat 10-0 in the 62kg 1/8 finals.
Pooja came to the semi-finals on the back of a dominant 10-0 thrashing of Thailand s Orasa Sookdongyor in the 57kg 1/8 finals.
Meanwhile it was heartbreak for the other Indian wrestlers -- Pinki and Sumit Malik -- who lost their respective 1/8 finals.
In women s 53kg Pinki was thrashed by technical superiority (0-10) by Mongolian Sumiya Erdenechimeg while in the men s 125kg 1/8 finals Sumit suffered a similar fate (0-10) against Parviz Hadibasmanj of Iran.
--IANS kk-tri/bg
