Asiad 2018: Wrestler Vinesh bags historic gold (Lead)
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Asiad 2018: Wrestler Vinesh bags historic gold (Lead)
Jakarta Aug 20 (IANS) Vinesh Phogat on Monday became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold after she defeated Japan s Yuki Irie in the 50 kilogram women s Freestyle final here.
This was India s second gold after wrestler Bajrang Punia bagged one in men s 65kg on Sunday. With this India rose to the seventh spot in the Asian Games medal tally with 2 gold 2 silver and 1 bronze.
Vinesh completely dominated the contest taking a 4-0 lead initially before stretching it further to 6-2 to pocket the yellow metal.
Vinesh who beat Irie in the Asian Championships semi-final earlier this year started cautiously before pinning the Japanese grappler down to take four quick points.
The Indian displayed some great defence to hold on to her 4-0 lead at the end of the first three minutes.
After the breather Vinesh s defence was deemed too passive by the referee and the Indian was forced to concede a point that somehow reduced the deficit to 4-1 with 30 seconds to go.
But the 2014 Incheon Asiad bronze medallist came back well to pocket two more points towards the end that saw her clinch the gold with a 6-2 margin.
Earlier Vinesh hardly broke a sweat in her semi-final encounter against Daulatbike Yakshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she trounced in mere 75 seconds by technical superiority (10-0).
Vinesh had earlier registered a comfortable 11-0 victory over South Korea s Kim Hyungjoo in the quarter-finals after defeating China s Sun Yanan by technical superiority 8-2 in the 1/8 finals.
--IANS tri/sed
This was India s second gold after wrestler Bajrang Punia bagged one in men s 65kg on Sunday. With this India rose to the seventh spot in the Asian Games medal tally with 2 gold 2 silver and 1 bronze.
Vinesh completely dominated the contest taking a 4-0 lead initially before stretching it further to 6-2 to pocket the yellow metal.
Vinesh who beat Irie in the Asian Championships semi-final earlier this year started cautiously before pinning the Japanese grappler down to take four quick points.
The Indian displayed some great defence to hold on to her 4-0 lead at the end of the first three minutes.
After the breather Vinesh s defence was deemed too passive by the referee and the Indian was forced to concede a point that somehow reduced the deficit to 4-1 with 30 seconds to go.
But the 2014 Incheon Asiad bronze medallist came back well to pocket two more points towards the end that saw her clinch the gold with a 6-2 margin.
Earlier Vinesh hardly broke a sweat in her semi-final encounter against Daulatbike Yakshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she trounced in mere 75 seconds by technical superiority (10-0).
Vinesh had earlier registered a comfortable 11-0 victory over South Korea s Kim Hyungjoo in the quarter-finals after defeating China s Sun Yanan by technical superiority 8-2 in the 1/8 finals.
--IANS tri/sed
