India’s legendary female wrestler Vinesh Phogat has lost in the quarterfinals of the 53 kg weight category of freestyle wrestling. Vinesh was defeated by two-time world champion Belarus Vanessa Kalazinskaya 9-3 in the quarterfinal match at Mat-B at Makuhari Messe Hall I.
Earlier, Vinesh defeated Sofia Magdalena Matsson of Sweden 7-1 in a round of 8 match.
If Vanessa reaches the final, then Vinesh will get a chance to play repechage and she can win bronze by winning two repechage matches.
India has already secured a silver in men’s wrestling in Rio. Ravi Dahiya has reached the final. In the women’s section, however, Anshu lost her Repechage-1 match on Thursday itself. In this way, the chance of winning bronze was lost from his hands.
