Sangeeta Phogat, one of many six wrestlers who protested in opposition to WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday gained a bronze medal within the non-Olympic 59kg class that featured six grapplers on the Hungary Rating Sequence event. Sangeeta started with a crushing defeat by fall however bounced again with a win in her second bout. She misplaced her semifinal however gained the bronze play-off 6-2 in opposition to younger Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Sangeeta, who gained the Nationwide Championship within the 62kg final 12 months, started with a defeat by fall in opposition to American Jennifer Web page Rogers.
The competition lasted simply 80 seconds with the American pulling away with a proper leg assault that led to a take-down and a number of rolls. Ultimately, the American obtained herself ready to pin Sangeeta.
In her subsequent bout in opposition to America’s Brenda Olivia Reyna, the Indian managed to shake off rust and was fast together with her motion. She went into the break with a 4-2 lead and saved consolidating to lastly win the bout by technical superiority.
आप सभी के बधाई के संदेश मुझ तक पहुँच रहे हैं इस पल पर बहुत भावुक हूँ।
आप सभी का बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया। यह मेडल सिर्फ़ मेरा नहीं है। सब आप सभी का मेडल है
मैं इस मेडल को दुनिया की उन सभी संघर्षशील महिलाओं को समर्पित करती हूँ जो महिलाओं के विरुद्ध हुए अपराधों के ख़िलाफ़ संघर्षरत हैं।… pic.twitter.com/FyJnqhaHVZ
— Sangeeta Phogat (@sangeeta_phogat) July 15, 2023
One win and one defeat in six-wrestler draw put her within the semifinal in opposition to Poland’s Magdalena Urszula Glodek.
Sangeeta initiated double-leg assaults however lacked energy to transform these strikes into factors. Nonetheless she led twice, first 2-0 after which 4-2m however Glodek’s counter-attacking strikes have been adequate to race to an in depth 6-4 win.
Within the bronze play-off in opposition to native favorite Borsos, Sangeeta took the lead with a take-down transfer. The Hungarian fought again to make it 2-2 however Sangeeta quickly launched a quick and livid assault.
Borsos put up a superb defence however Sangeeta breached it for a 4-2 lead.
Within the second interval, Sangeeta didn’t lose a single level and added two to her kitty to take the bronze medal.
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