19-year-old Naveen wins gold in 74kg class; U-23 World Championship silver medalist and debutant Pooja Gehlot takes bronze within the ladies’s 50kg
19-year-old Naveen wins gold in 74kg class; U-23 World Championship silver medalist and debutant Pooja Gehlot takes bronze within the ladies’s 50kg
Placing apart the psychological and bodily struggles that pegged her again, an intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounced on her rivals to finish a hat-trick of CWG gold medals whereas Ravi Dahiya too went unchallenged as Indian wrestlers wrapped up their marketing campaign with a wealthy haul of 12 medals, right here Saturday.
Vinesh grew to become the primary Indian girl wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Video games gold medals and the nation, just like the final version, succeeded in profitable medals in all 12 classes.
General, India have gained six gold, one silver and 5 bronze medals.
In what was anticipated to be a troublesome opener in opposition to world championship bronze medallist Samantha Leigh Stewart, Vinesh decreased it to a no-contest and completed it in mere 36 seconds.
Vinesh had the Canadian in a head lock from the place she pushed her on the mat and very quickly pinned her rival.
Even earlier than individuals might heat as much as the competition, it was throughout.
Subsequent up for the 27-year-old Vinesh was Nigeria’s Mercy Bolafunoluwa Adekuoroye, who tried to withstand a bit however quickly the Indian had her in an iron grip. Vinesh stored her in that place for greater than a minute in a powerful present of energy, profitable 6-0.
With solely 4 wrestlers within the ladies’s 53kg draw, Vinesh now wanted to beat Sri Lanka’s Chamodya Keshani Maduravlage Don and he or she did it in type, profitable ‘by fall’ to clinch her third successive gold.
Vinesh has been struggling for kind and health ever since her defeat on the Tokyo Video games, the place she made a shock first-round exit after getting into the sector as a powerful contender for the gold medal.
Tokyo Video games silver medallist Ravi was additionally too good for the 57kg subject. He gained each his bouts — in opposition to Suraj Singh of New Zealand and Pakistan’s Asad Ali — by technical superiority en route the ultimate.
Within the last, Nigeria’s Ebikewenimo Welson confirmed an intent to combat however the stage at which Ravi wrestles, it was a troublesome activity.
Ravi foiled a proper leg assault and on subsequent strive of the Nigerian, he scored on counter-attack, effecting a take-down transfer with ease.
Quickly he had trapped Welson in leg-lace and rolled him thrice for a 8-0 lead. Ravi accomplished the formality with one other take-down.
Naveen (74kg) started with TSU wins over Nigeria’s Ogbonna Emmanuel John, Singapore’s Hong Yeow Lou and England’s Charlie James Bowling.
Within the last bout in opposition to Pakistan’s Tahir Muhammad Sharif, the 19-year-old Naveen gained 9-0. It’s India’s first main title on this class since Sushil Kumar’s title triumph in 2018 Gold Coast Video games.
Within the ladies’s 50kg, Pooja Gehlot made a assured begin with a TSU win over Scotland’s Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio after which bought a walkover from Cameron’s Rebecca Ndolo Muambo to make the semifinal stage with ease.
Nonetheless, she misplaced the last-four conflict 6-9 to Canada’s Madison Bianca Parks.
Later she gained the bronze play-off in opposition to the Scottish participant 12-2. Since solely six wrestlers featured on this class, it was competed in Nordic type the place all wrestlers, divided into two teams, competed as soon as in opposition to one another.
Pooja Sihag (76kg) additionally grabbed a bronze by beating Australia’s Naomi de Bruine by technical superiority.
Within the final Indian bout within the competitors, Deepak Nehra (97kg) outplayed Pakistan’s Tayab Raza 10-2 within the bronze play-off because the nation signed off from the wrestling competitors with a excessive success charge.
