Tokyo Video games: Vinesh Phogat is trying to win her first Olympic medal.© Twitter
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been in prime kind going into the Tokyo Olympics and stays one of many key members and one of many nation’s strongest medal contenders within the Olympic contingent. Cousin of former Commonwealth gold medallists Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat, Vinesh proved herself from a younger age and emerged out of the shadows of her cousins. The 26-year-old from Haryana was the primary Indian lady wrestler to bag gold within the Commonwealth in addition to the Asian Video games in the identical 12 months.
Vinesh did not win a medal on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nonetheless, she made a robust comeback and confirmed character put up the Olympic disappointment to clinch gold in each the Asian and Commonwealth Video games in 2018.
After leaping to the 53-kg class, she bagged bronze on the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2019. Then, a medal within the World Championship within the girls’s 53-kg class in the identical 12 months assured Vinesh an Olympic berth.
Vinesh appears to be heading in the right direction in 2021 with three gold medals via dominating performances.
After successful gold on the Matteo Pellicone occasion in March this 12 months, she clinched the highest spot (gold medal) within the Asian Championship a month later.
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The Indian wrestler continued her scintillating kind as she gained gold within the 53-kg class on the Poland Open in Warsaw final month.
The 2016 Arjuna and the 2020 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee, Vinesh is predicted to offer her greatest efficiency on the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after her earlier Olympic disappointment and a latest good run of kind.
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