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Rio 2016: Sakshi Malik in quarters, Vinesh injured in quarters, bows out of the Olympics

Vinesh Phogat injured, bows out of Rio and Sakshi Malik wrestles into Quarter Finals

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Ria Das
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Mixed day for Indian wrestling. Post her entry into the round of 16, #SakshiMalik wrestled Mariana Cherdivara-Esanu of Moldova in the pre-quarters bout at the Olympics.  And she emerged victorious.  At the end of the match, it was in a tie condition, but Malik won thanks to a single-largest score of 4 points in the match, with the score at 5-5 and 19 seconds left on the clock.

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At the start of the match, Malik trailed 0-3 initially after the first period against Mariana but soon she turned it around, and led with 5-3. Mariana the fought back to make the score even, but it was Malik's lucky day at the Olympics.

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On the other hand, #VineshPhogat started off good, leading with 1-0 against Sun Yanan in freestyle 48kg quarter-finals. But unfortunately Phogat hurt her right knee.

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Our injured wrestler couldn't save the game, conceding 2 points to trail 1-2 to Sun Yanan. This pretty much ended the match and put end to Vinesh Phogat's Olympics journey. Heart breaking for India!

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