Hope trials are conducted for Asian Olympic qualifiers: Sakshi Malik
Other Sports | February 21, 2020 23:04 ISTSakshi Malik lost a closely fought gold medal match in the 65kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Friday.
Sakshi Malik lost a closely fought gold medal match in the 65kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Friday.
Bronze medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sakshi was the only Indian to get through to the title round on Friday before losing a closely fought 65kg final to Naomi Ruike of Japan.
In her semifinal against Uzbekistan's Nabira Esenbaeva, Sakshi led 5-0 but her rival pulled off consecutive two-point moves to make it 5-4.
The Rio Olympic bronze medallist was humbled by two-time Cadet World Champion Sonam Malik during the trials in the 62kg category.
Sakshi was defeated by two-time world cadet champion Sonam Malik in the 62-kg weight category in the trials for the Asian World Olympics qualifiers.
Sonam was trailing 4-6 in the second period but produced a sensational four-point throw with just three seconds left in the bout to make it 10-10 and win on criteria of scoring the last point.
Over 500 wrestlers will be vying for top honours in the men's freestyle, greco roman and women events during the championship.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has hit hard on the Indian wrestlers after their performances in the recently-concluded Wrestling Championships.
The Olympic bronze medallist was slow to get off the blocks and conceded a 0-6 lead before scoring her first takedown.
It had emerged on Saturday that 25 of the 45 wrestlers in the camp were barred by the WFI.
In a shocking turn of events, 25 out of of the 45 women grapplers, who train at the SAI centre in Lucknow, reported absent from the national camp without taking permission from the National Federation.
In June, it emerged that the Commonwealth Games Federation had decided to leave out shooting from its programme for Birmingham 2022.
The Kapil Sharma Show has been a party for sportspeople like wrestler Sakshi Malik, Yogeshwar Dutt along with tennis champion Manika Batra.
Besides Sakshi and Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat is another big names who would be vying for top honours during the mega-event.
With Dhanda and Malik's podium finishes, India had four medals in their kitty.
The Rohtak wrestler picked up bronze in the Asian Championships but crashed out of the Yasar Dogu International before reaching the medal round.
Bagging her sixth National title, Vinesh just conceded two points in five bouts. She had earlier won five Nationals in a row from 2012 to 2016.
Vinesh was forced to skip the World Championship in Budapest due to a last-minute elbow injury.
The WFI is set to become only the second national sports body after the BCCI to offer such financial security to its athletes.
The Olympic bronze medallist has been battling poor form since the start of the 2018 season, failing to claim a medal in the 2018 Asian Games.
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