India Wrestler Sonam Malik, on Thursday, won a gold medal by defeating Japanese Wrestler Sena Nagamoto by 3-1 points on the fourth day of Cadet World Wrestling Championship in Athens. The other female Wrestler Neelam also bagged bronze Medal in 43 kilogram weight category, PTI reported.
Matches were held in five weight categories and all the five wrestlers of the Indian Female Wrestling Team entered in the final match for gold and bronze Medals. Meanwhile Wrestler Anshu, on Friday, will fight for gold medal with Japanese Wrestler Naomi Ruike in 60 kilogram weight category. In the qualification round, she got bye and preliminary round she defeated Romania Wrestler Capezan by 4-0.
In quarter-final round, she defeated Russian Wrestler Parokhina by 6-2 points and qualified for semi-final. In semi-final round, she defeated Hungarian Wrestler Bihar by 8-0 points and entered in final. Four other wrestlers Simran, Manisha, Minakshi, Karuna will also also fight for bronze Medal in different weight categories.
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