Antim Panghal is the primary Indian wrestler to e book a 2024 Paris Olympics quota. SAI Media picture
Antim Panghal ended her Wrestling World Championships marketing campaign with a bronze medal which additionally earned India a 53kg quota for the Paris Olympics. The 19-year-old athlete defeated Sweden’s Emma Jonna Denise Malmgren to develop into solely the sixth Indian lady wrestler to win a bronze medal on the Wrestling Worlds.
Antim gained the high-scoring bout on technical superiority as she turned the primary Indian wrestler to e book a 2024 Paris Olympics quota.
The Hisar-born wrestler confirmed great resilience to bounce again from her semi-final defeat which had left her heartbroken. The 2-time world U20 champion had misplaced to world No. 23 Vanesa Kaladzinskaya on technical factors 5-4 within the semi-finals.
She had earlier shocked reigning champion and USA’s Olivia Dominique Parrish 3-2 within the opening spherical.
Within the bronze medal match, Antima began with a 5-0 lead with the assistance of a push-out level, however Malmgren bounced again with a take-down and had Antim in her grip however the Indian wrestler managed to wriggle out of it.
After this Malmgren launched a double-leg assault and took a 6-5 lead, however Antim earned some extent on a counter-attack earlier than the tip of the primary interval to make it 6-6.
Antim dominated the second interval and earned a number of factors to make it 16-6 earlier than she finally gained the bout on technical superiority.
This was India’s first medal on the ongoing occasion as the ladies’s marketing campaign got here to a detailed.
Geeta Phogat (2012), Babita Phogat (2012), Pooja Dhanda (2018), Vinesh Phogat (2019, 2022), and Anshu Malik (silver) are the opposite Indian girls wrestlers to have gained medals on the Wrestling World Championships.