Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to secure a quota place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, after she won bronze medal at the Nur-Sultan World Wrestling Championships on Wednesday. Vinesh, who recently shifted to the 53kg weight class, was beaten by Japan’s Mayu Mukaida in her second round, but made it to the repechage round after the …
18 categories at the 2019 World Championships will offer six quota places each for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Azerbaijan’s three-time world champion and Rio Olympics bronze medallist Haji Aliyev and Russia’s two-time Worlds silver medallist Gadzhimurad Rashidov also feature in this weight class. While Akgul is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in the weight class besides being a two-time World …
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