Saskshi wins first Bronze medal for India

 

Sakshi Malik 23,   at last wins Bronze medal for India in the Women’s Freestyle 58 Kilogram wrestling by pulling a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan .  “I never thought I would become the first Indian woman wrestler to  bag an Olympic medal in wrestling,”  Sakshi Malik said. She was born in India’s Haryana state and started training young, and she went on to win a silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and walked away with the bronze at the2014 Incheon Asian Games.  The Olympic Bronze medal was a result of 12 years of dedication and she said, “ I never gave up to the end in the last round, I had to give my maximum, I had the self-belief.”

Sakshi secured the two-point takedown by capitalising on her opponent’s failed attempt, then drove in for her very own takedown and won the match, as it was not easy to come back from five points down and win it in the last few seconds.