World Wrestling Championships 2022: Vinesh Phogat clinches bronze medal; beats Sweden’s Jonna Malmgren-Sports News , Firstpost

Vinesh Phogat (in blue) in action during the repechage round of the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade on Wednesday. Screenshot/UWW

Vinesh Phogat defeated Sweden’s Jonna Malmgren in the final of the 53kg repechage round to clinch the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Vinesh opened her account with two points in the first minute of the opening half. The remaining of the half saw Vinesh cautiously giving away no points while going into the 30-second break with 2-0 lead.

The 28-year-old Indian dominated the second half with some comfort as she picked

Earlier on Tuesday, Vinesh suffered a shock defeat to Asian Championship silver medallist Khulan Batkhuyag (Mongolia) in the qualification round as the former World No. 1 lost 7-0 in her first bout of the tournament.

Batkhuyag, however, went all the way to the final while opening Vinesh’s door to the repechage round that were scheduled on Wednesday.

The three-time CWG gold medallist had little difficulty in reaching the final. Vinesh defeated 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Zhuldyz Eshimova (Kazakhstan) by fall (4-0) to reach the second round, where she earned a walkover with her opponent Leyla Gurbanova (Azerbaijan) opting out.

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