Asian Games: Sonam won bronze in 62 kg free-style wrestling
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khaskhabar.com : Friday, 06 October 2023 4:34 PM
Hangzhou: Indian female wrestler Sonam Malik won the bronze medal by defeating her Chinese rival and current Asian champion Long Jia 7-5 in the women’s freestyle 62 kg here on Friday.
There was a lot of pressure on Sonam from Jia Long but the Indian player did well to avoid losing more than 2 points. Soon there were some excellent counter-attacks from the Indian side and they went ahead 4-2.
In the last 30 seconds left in the match, Long made the score 4-4 and the criteria was in his favor but Sonam immediately attacked quickly and took the lead 6-4 with 13 seconds left.
In the end it took a good effort by Sonam to defeat her Chinese opponent with a clutch 2-pointer with seconds left in the bout.
Earlier in the day, Sonam lost her women’s freestyle 62kg bout to North Korea’s Hyongyong Mun by going down 0-7.(IANS)
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