Paris: Vinesh Phogat reaches final in Women's 50kg Freestyle Wrestling
Paris, Aug 6: Vinesh Phogat (50kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympic Games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez here on Tuesday.
With this win in the semifinal, Vinesh guaranteed herself at least a silver medal.
Both wrestlers got off to a cautious start but a passivity clock on Lopez meant that Vinesh got on the board with one technical point after the Cuban didn't take a risk.
Vinesh was leading 1-0 at the end of the first period.
She extended her dominance in the second period with four more points to seal the bout in her favour.
Earlier, Vinesh entered the semifinals on the back of two incredible wins, against reigning Olympic champion Yui Susaki of Japan and Ukraine's eighth seed Oksana Livach on a memorable day for the combative Indian grappler.
She faced a quarter-final exit in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions.
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Drizzle in Delhi, air quality 'severe'
New Delhi (PTI): Delhiites woke up to a drizzle and fog on Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 8.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
At 8.30 am, Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 402, in the 'severe' category, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
The rain is expected to improve the air quality in the coming hours.
