Chiba (Japan), August 5
Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday made a second consecutive heart-breaking quarterfinal exit from the Olympic Video games after struggling a large upset defeat by the hands of Belarus’ Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, right here.
Vinesh had no reply to the supreme defence of Vanesa, who obtained her revenge from the Indian on the greatest stage after struggling an analogous embarrassing defeat ‘by fall’ earlier this yr in Ukraine.
Later, Vanesa misplaced her semi-final to China’s Qinyu Pang on standards after scores had been tied 2-2, a end result that introduced curtains on Vinesh’s marketing campaign on the Tokyo Video games.
The highest-seeded Vinesh, who was a scorching favorite for a medal, wanted Vanesa to beat the Chinese language to rejoin the 53kg competitors by the repechage spherical and push for a bronze.
On the 2016 Rio Video games, Vinesh had suffered a quarterfinal defeat towards China’s Solar Yanan after enduring a leg damage and was stretchered out of the mat.
It is a defeat that can rankle the 2018 Asian Video games gold medallist Vinesh for a very long time.
Vanesa, the reigning European champion, executed her technique completely as Vinesh couldn’t discover a option to wriggle out of Vanesa’s headlocks.
That crippled and rattled the highest seed Vinesh, who is likely one of the strongest wrestlers in her class.
Even when Vinesh obtained behind Vanesa, she couldn’t push her down on the knees from a beneficial place with the Belarusian displaying immense power to maintain her legs straight.
Vinesh used all her would possibly however Vanesa’s defence wouldn’t crumble. Even the well-known double-leg assault that Vinesh has used to get herself into place to pin her rivals, didn’t end in factors.
Earlier than this bout, Vinesh had knocked out Rio Olympics bronze-winner and six-time world medallist Sofia Mattsson with a commanding 7-1 win.
Vinesh had overwhelmed the Swede on the 2019 World Championship as effectively.
Each time Mattsson initiated a right-leg assault, Vinesh produced a splendid counter to attain factors.
Exhibiting her immense energy, Vinesh turned the Swede from a tough place on the sting of the mat when she might have conceded some extent.
The Indian maintained the depth all through and even obtained herself right into a place for a pin however the Swede escaped the embarrassment.
Younger Anshu Malik bowed out of the 57kg competitors after shedding her repechage spherical 1-5 to Russia’s Valeria Koblova, the Rio Olympics silver medallist.
Anshu by no means regarded intimidated by a stronger opponent and was main the bout at one stage on standards however in direction of the top, the Russian pulled off a two-pointer to nostril forward.
The 19-year-old Indian had misplaced her opener to European champion Irina Kurachikina however after the Belarusian progressed to the ultimate, she bounced again to be in rivalry.
Seema Bisla is now the one Indian girl wrestler left within the fray. She’s going to start her marketing campaign within the 50kg class, the place she is going to face Tunisia’s Sarra Hamdi, the African championship bronze medallist.
If she crosses the primary hurdle she is going to up towards world champion Mariya Stadnik from Azerbaijan. PTI
