New delhi: Indian women’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat created history by entering the finals of the Paris Olympics wrestling competition. This ensured India’s fourth medal in the current Olympics. Tonight, she will meet America’s Sarah Hildebrandt in the gold medal final. If Vinesh wins this fight, he will get the gold medal or if he loses, he will get the silver medal.
The 29-year-old Vinesh defeated Cuba’s Yusneylys Guzman with 5-0 in the semifinals of the women’s 50 kg freestyle wrestling event to clinch the ticket to the finals. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, a woman wrestler from India reached the final and achieved a historic feat.
In the first pre-quarterfinal match, he surprisingly entered the quarterfinals by defeating Olympic gold medalist and world champion Yui Susaki of Japan 3-2. Yui dominated the whole fight and led 2-0. But with a few seconds left in the fight, he defeated Yui and won the match by 3-2 points. After this win, a confident Vinesh defeated Ukraine’s Oksana Livach
7-5 in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi finals.
