Friday, October 26, 2018

Wrestling News

At 2018 World Wrestling Championships, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Freestyle 57 kg - Bronze Medal match
Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Grace Bullen (NOR) 10-7

[Repechage R2] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Alyona Kolesnik (AZE) 9-8

[QF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Rong Ningning (CHN) 3-4
[R16] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR) 7-6
[R32] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Olga Khoroshavtseva (RUS) 10-4

Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Bronze Medal match
Ritu Phogat (IND) l Oksana Livach (UKR) 5-10

[Repechage R2] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Alina Vuc (ROU) 8-8

[QF] Ritu Phogat (IND) l Yui Susaki (JPN) 0-11
[R16] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Nguyễn Thị Xuân (VIE) 10-0

In Women's Freestyle 57 kg, young Pooja Dhanda won a Bronze beating the Norwegian wrestler, Grace Bullen, in a close bout ... Before that, she won the very close bout against Alyona Kolesnik in the repechage round ... Pooja had a tough draw as she defeated Russian and Nigerian wrestlers in first 2 rounds before losing to eventual Gold medalist Chinese wrestler, Rong Ningning, in the quarters.

Ritu Phogat lost a Bronze medal match to the Ukrainian wrestler, Oksana Livach ... Before that in repechage round, she was 2-8 down against Alina Vuc ... Ritu fought back and won next 6 points to win this match ... In the quarters, she lost against an eventual Gold medalist Yui Susaki.

India wins 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in this World Wrestling Championships.

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