Simran’s performance was anticipated owing to her promising performance on Wednesday. Reportedly, she first defeated Romania’s Georgiana Lavinia Antuca by technical superiority without conceding a point. And later pulled off a victory by ‘fall’ in the high-scoring quarterfinal against Azerbaijan’s Gultakin Shirinova. 

“I knew that in India, you fall as fast as you rise. One medal (lost) and everything is finished.”

Vinesh had said during an interview in 2014, “Village elders and even my grandmother used to say that no family will want their daughters-in-law to play such a sport. But now, we’re heroes.”

Sarita Mor won gold for the country in the wrestling championship of Asia while the other two wrestlers bagged bronze in their categories. 

Earlier, Sangeeta shared a series of photos from her Haldi ceremony, wearing floral jewellery and dressing in yellow, twinning with sisters Geeta and Babita Phogat.

“I will be remaining in isolation as a precautionary measure,” wrote Vinesh Phogat.

Vinesh Phogat joins many other sportspersons to test positive for COVID. Recently Chennai Superkings IPL team also had many members test positive.

Vinesh Phogat has pulled out of the national camp saying that she is following the safety concerns amid the COVID-19

Vinesh, who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asiad gold, is yet to hear from the government

“A lot of people advised my father not to make me wrestle. They said if I injured myself, no one would be marrying me. But my father was resolute.”