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Sakshi wins bronze wins 8-5 

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Sakshi wins bronze wins 8-5 

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Sakshi Malik wins Bronze medal for India in women's freestyle 48 Kg wrestling in a thrilling match 8-3 final score 

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Sakshi Malik: From Bylanes Of Rohtak To The Podium In Rio

Sakshi Malik shot to fame when she won a silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in 2014. Since then, it was never looking back for the Rohtak grappler

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• 1Sakshi Malik won bronze in 58kg freestyle event at Rio Olympics
• 2Sakshi Malik is the first Indian woman wrestler to win Olympics medal
• 3Sakshi Malik shot to fame with a silver at 2014 Commonwealth Games

Wrestler Sakshi Malik on Thursday became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympics medal when she clinched a bronze in woman's 58kg freestyle category at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Staging a strong comeback in the dying seconds, Sakshi trounced her Kyrgystan opponent Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 to achieve the historic feat.

Hailing from Haryana's Rohtak district, Malik took up wrestling in 2002 under her coach Ishwar Dahiya and embarked on a journey to win laurels for nation and her family.

At an early age, she had to fight against social issues as women in Haryana were not allowed to participate in wrestling events.

Malik shot to fame when she bagged a silver in the women's 58kg freestyle category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.

Later, she won a bronze in women's 60kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship held in Doha last year. Malik ended 2015 on a high when she clinched gold in the National Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi

But, destiny had something else in store for the 23-year-old wrestler. Malik along with Vinesh Phogat earned Olympic quota spots after they entered the final of 2nd Olympic Games World Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul.

Olympic Glory

With a 119-member Indian contingent suffering an ignominious medal drought in the competition so far, all hopes were lied on the grapplers who had won two medals at 2012 London Olympics and one in the 2008 Beijing Games.

After male grapplers Hardeep Singh and Ravinder Khatri crashed out of the Olympics on the tenth day, it was up to Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat to take the onus of getting a medal for India on the eleventh day.

However, Vinesh Phogat seriously injured her knee and had to concede the match to China's Sun Yuan. Meanwhile, Malik too lost her bout to Russia's Valeriia Koblova 2-9 in the quarter-final.

However, she got an opportunity to aim for a bronze after qualifying for a repechage bout. She did not disappoint her fans.

After beating Mongolia's Orkhon Purevdoj 12-3 in the repechage bout, she geared up to face Kyrgystan opponent Aisuluu Tynybekova.

After trailing 0-5 in the initial rounds, Malik through clever moves staged a historic comeback to clinch the bronze 8-5.

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Those Last 10 Seconds Of Sakshi Malik Bout Gave India Its First Rio Medal

Sakshi Malik won the bronze, India's first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, by defeating Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the women's 58kg freestyle bout

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• 1Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in women's 58kg freestyle wrestling
• 2This is India's first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
• 3Sakshi was trailing 0-5 in 1st period but made a stunning comeback

Not only did Sakshi Malik give India their first medal of the 2016 Rio Games, but also became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. However, the bronze medal looked out of her grasp till the dying moments of the 58kg freestyle bronze medal bout.

Sakshi Malik was trailing 0-5 till the end of the first period and it seemed again that an Indian would fall just short of getting the elusive medal in Rio that the country so badly craved.

Her opponent -- Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan -- looked in complete control for much of the bout but the Indian wrestler didn't give up.

"I have seen the game changing in last two seconds, so I thought to myself why not in 10 seconds. Tried my best and did it," said Sakshi Malik.

With the first minute of the second period going scoreless, Sakshi Malik had just under two minutes to turnaround things and she did just that.

She threw her opponent on to the mat to get on the scoreboard and another similar move just seconds later saw her trail just by a point.

Aisuluu looked rattled and got on to the defensive to protect her lead. Sakshi Malik smelled blood and went for the kill with just seconds left.

Sakshi's never-die attitude finally paid off as scored another point by pinning her opponent down.

With just couple of seconds to the buzzer, Sakshi Malik grabbed the leg of the Krygyzstani wrestler and pinned her again, gaining two more crucial points, thus putting the result beyond any doubt.

She jumped in the air, clinching her fists, probably realising the astonishing feat she had just achieved but it wasn't over just yet.

The coaching staff of Aisuluu called for an official review, citing their wrestler had rolled Sakshi Malik over as well. The Indian had to wait another few agonising seconds.

The judges upon seeing the replay made a decision in favour of the Indian and thanks to the failed review, Sakshi Malik got another additional point, making the final score 8-5.

Sakshi Malik jumped in the air in joy and was immediately hugged by her two coaches. And that was it!

India had their first medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics - a wait of 11 days was finally over and it was this pocket dynamite, hailing from Rohtak that had made it possible.

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Sakshi Malik To Get Rs.60 Lakh From Indian Railways

The railway ministry had announced before the start of Olympics that handsome cash awards of Rs.1 crore, Rs.75 lakh and Rs.50 lakh will be given to medal winners and a further Rs.10 lakh for qualifying.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• 1Sakshi Malik won the women's 58 kg freestyle bronze at Rio Olympics
• 2She is the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympics medal
• 3She will get Rs.60 lakh from railway ministry

India's first medallist at the ongoing Rio Olympics, wrestler Sakshi Malik will be rewarded with a cash award of Rs 60 lakh by her employers Indian Railways for her bronze winning feat in women's 58kg freestyle category.

The Railway Ministry had announced before the start of the Games that handsome cash awards of Rs 1 crore, Rs 75 lakh and Rs 50 lakh will be given to medal winners and a further Rs 10 lakh for qualifying.

"It was the proactive approach of president Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) Pradeep Kumar, who was instrumental in raising women's wrestling team and positive approach of the Ministry of Railways, who declared the awards not after Olympics as they usually do but prior so that there is an added motivation," RSPB secretary Rekha Yadav said.

"The Indian Railways is proud of both its wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat. Sakshi is currently a senior clerk with Northern Railways. She will be promoted to the rank of a gazetted officer," she added.

The Indian Railways are planning a grand felicitation for Sakshi to celebrate her stupendous feat.

The wrestling contingent will be back in India on August 23 and the felicitation will be held on a suitable date after that.

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Young golfer Aditi Ashok tied seventh after round 1

Aditi Ashok fired a flawless three-under 68 to lie tied seventh after the opening round of the women's golf competition.

 

India’s teen golfer Aditi Ashok fired a flawless three-under 68 to lie tied seventh after the opening round of the women’s golf competition at the Rio Olympics.

The 18-year-old from Bangalore, who won the qualifying finals to earn a full card on the Ladies European Tour (LET), picked up three birdies at the 2nd, 10th and 14th holes and parred the rests to stay three strokes adrift of the leader.

Aditi had represented India at the Asian Youth Games in 2013, Youth Olympic Games in 2014 and Asian Games in 2014.

At the top, Thailand’s Jutanugarn Ariya blasted a six-under 65 to emerge leader and was followed by the Korean duo of Park Inbee and Kim Seiyoung who scored a matching five-under 66 at the Olympic golf course.

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India's schedule in Rio Olympics today

 

On Day 13 of the Rio Games, shuttler P.V. Sindhu will take on Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara for a place in the final. Wrestler Babita Kumari will begin her campaign in the women's freestyle 53 kg.

Badminton

Women's singles semifinals between P. V. Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara at 7.30 p.m.

Wrestling

In Women's freestyle 53 kg individual Round of 16, Babita Kumari will take on Greece's Maria Prevolaraki at 7.10 p.m.

Golf

In Women's individual Round 2, Aditi Ashok will be seen in action from 4.00 p.m.

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Badminton Women's singles Semifinals

Today 7:30 PM

Nozomi Okuhara Japan

P. V. Sindhu India

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Wrestling @ 7:10 PM IST

Women's freestyle 53 kg Round of 16   Maria Prevolaraki Greece Babita Kumari India