Sangeeta Phogat: Wrestler was sitting in demonstration at Jantar Mantar, now India has proudly won medal in Hungary – indian wrestler sangeeta phogat won bronze medal hungary ranking series

New Delhi: India’s Sangeeta Phogat won the bronze medal in 59kg by defeating Hungary’s Viktoria Borsos at the Paulic Imre and Varga Janos Memorial Ranking Series Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In the third-fourth place match, Sangeeta defeated her Hungarian opponent by decision (VPO1) 6-2. Sangeeta took the lead with a takedown move and though the Hungarian leveled the score at 2-2, the Indian grappler came out with ferocity. Sangeeta, wife of Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Geeta Phogat’s sister reached the semi-finals via the repechage round after beginning her campaign with a shock defeat to Jennifer Page Rogers of the United States.

She bounced back by defeating another American wrestler Brenda Olivia Reyna by technical superiority (VSU1), 12–2, in the third round. Sangeeta took an aggressive approach from the start and took a 4-2 lead with quick moves and won the bout on technical superiority. Sangeeta got a place in the semi-finals with the victory in the third round but she could not progress further in the final. Sangeeta lost her semi-final match against Magdalena Urszula Gloder of Poland by 4-6 points but bounced back in the third-fourth place match to win the bronze medal.

Sangeeta was performing at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar

India’s top wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, Sakshi Malik were sitting on protest in the country’s capital Delhi a few days ago. Wrestlers staged a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. She had made allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The voices of the wrestlers were not heard for a long time, due to which they had made up their mind to throw their medals in the Ganges.