New Delhi: India's star female wrestler Vinesh Phogat clinched her place for the Tokyo Olympics by winning the World Wrestling Championship. Talking about this victory, she said that during the match, she changed the coach's stated strategy and won. Prior to the World Championship Olympic qualifying bout, coach Wooler Echos suggested Vinesh stay away from Sarah Ann Hilderbrandt, with a strategy to restrain her right hand and save her legs.
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But this star female wrestler did the opposite depending on the circumstances on Matt. Vinesh Phogat, in an interview to a news agency after winning a bronze medal in the 53kg category and deducting a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics, told the coaches, 'The coaches had suggested a different strategy. But I felt something else on Matt and I changed the strategy accordingly.
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I felt that she was putting pressure on me but I was not losing points, so she was getting tired of it. Vinesh told, 'So I thought why to lure her to attack the feet and then stay strong in the defense so that it makes her completely tired. I let her do it and then stopped her. It worked for me. I know how strong she was compared to me.
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