India wins a medal in Rio

India wins a medal in Rio

August 19, 2016
India wins a medal in Rio
India wins a medal in Rio

(From L) Russia’s silver medalist Valeria Koblova, Japan’s gold medalist Kaori Icho, bronze medalists Tunisia’s Marwa Amri and India’s Sakshi Malik pose during the medals ceremony for the women’s wrestling freestyle 58-kg competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics Wednesday. Malik’s bronze was India’s first medal of the Rio Olympics. She defeated Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan 3-1 in one of two bronze medal matches. “It’s my dream of 12 years come true, I’m so happy,” Malik said. “It’s a very pressurized match because it’s a medal match — very, very pressurized. I was very confident I would win.


August 19, 2016
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