Sangeeta Phogat, one of many six wrestlers who protested in opposition to WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday received a bronze medal within the non-Olympic 59kg class that featured six grapplers on the Hungary Ranking Series match. Sangeeta started with a crushing defeat by fall however bounced again with a win in her second bout. She misplaced her semifinal however received the bronze play-off 6-2 in opposition to younger Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Sangeeta, who received the National Championship within the 62kg final yr, started with a defeat by fall in opposition to American Jennifer Page Rogers.

The contest lasted simply 80 seconds with the American pulling away with a proper leg assault that led to a take-down and a number of rolls. Eventually, the American obtained herself ready to pin Sangeeta.

In her subsequent bout in opposition to America’s Brenda Olivia Reyna, the Indian managed to shake off rust and was fast along with her motion. She went into the break with a 4-2 lead and stored consolidating to lastly win the bout by technical superiority.

आप सभी के बधाई के संदेश मुझ तक पहुँच रहे हैं इस पल पर बहुत भावुक हूँ।

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One win and one defeat in six-wrestler draw put her within the semifinal in opposition to Poland’s Magdalena Urszula Glodek.

Sangeeta initiated double-leg assaults however lacked energy to transform these strikes into factors. Still she led twice, first 2-0 after which 4-2m however Glodek’s counter-attacking strikes had been adequate to race to a detailed 6-4 win.

In the bronze play-off in opposition to native favorite Borsos, Sangeeta took the lead with a take-down transfer. The Hungarian fought again to make it 2-2 however Sangeeta quickly launched a quick and livid assault.

Borsos put up an excellent defence however Sangeeta breached it for a 4-2 lead.

In the second interval, Sangeeta didn’t lose a single level and added two to her kitty to take the bronze medal.