Senior Wrestling National C'ships: Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik clinch gold

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Dec 01, 2019

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Senior Wrestling National C'ships: Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik clinch gold

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Star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik registered convincing wins in the finals to claim gold medals at the Senior Wrestling National Championships in Jalandhar.

While Phogat beat 20-year-old Haryana’s Anju 7-3 in the 55kg category, Olympic bronze medallist Malik defeated Radhika of Haryana 4-2 in the 62kg category yesterday.

In the 68kg category, 35-year-old Haryana wrestler Anita Sheoran stunned Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Divya Kakran.
Punjab’s 35-year-old Gursharan Kaur, a single mother of a five-year-old girl, claimed the title in the 76kg category, with a 4-2 win over Pooja of Haryana.

In the 50kg category, Meerut's Sheetal Tomar dominated Nirmala to post a 7-3 win.