Rio Olympics bronze medallist woman wrestler Sakshi Malik (60kg) assured herself of a silver medal after reaching the finals at the Asian Wrestling Championship here today.
The 24-year-old from Haryana defeated Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan to enter the finals. She had advanced to the semi-final after beating Uzbek grappler Nabira Esenbaeva 6-2 in the quarterfinal bout.
Sakshi will face Olympic gold medallist Japan’s Risako Kawai in the finals.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat also entered the final of the 55 kg category after beating China’s Zhang Qi 0-4 in the semi-final.
In the 69 kg category, India’s Diya Kakran stormed into the final after beating Korea’s Hyeonyeong Park 12-4 in the semi-final.
Vinesh will fight Japan’s Sae Nanjo for gold, while Divya will face Japan’s Sara Dosho.
Ritu Phogat who lost in the semi-final of the 48 kg category will be in action in the bronze medal fight against China’s Yanan Sun later in the day.
(With PTI inputs)
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