After the win, Vinesh Phogat will now fight for the gold medal
After the win, Vinesh Phogat will now fight for the gold medal
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India's star female wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated the Chinese rivals to enter the finals of the 53kg event of the Rome Ranking Series wrestling competition on Friday, 17 January 2020, while losing silver in the 57kg final to young wrestler Anshu Malik. Had to be satisfied with the medal. It is being said that Vinesh won against Cristina Bereja (10-0) and Lanuan Luo (15-5) on technical proficiency and then defeated Kianyu Pang (4-2).

For your information, we will give you victory against Vereja of Ukraine by 'double leg' attack, but the victory over Luo in the quarter-finals was very difficult. However, looking at the score, it does not look like this. Luo proved to be a strong opponent who led 5–2 after the first round but Vinesh scored points in the second round with some clever efforts. He dropped Luo twice. At the same time, Vinesh was completely under control in the semi-final against Pang and was ahead 4–0 but lost two points in the end. Vinesh will now face Luis Elizabeth Valverde Melamedres of Ecuador for the first gold of the season.

At the same time it is also being said that Anshu won the medal in his first international tournament at senior level, continuing the excellent form of trials. However, she lost in the gold medal match to Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye with technical skills. The same 18-year-old Indian wrestler dominated until he reached the finals in which he defeated America's Jenna Ross Burkert, Norway's Grace Bullen and Canada's 2019 World Champion Linda Mores.

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