Asian Games: Sonam bags bronze medal, beats reigning Asian Champion Long Jia of China in Wrestling

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Asian Games: Sonam bags bronze medal, beats reigning Asian Champion Long Jia of China in Wrestling

October 06, 2023
Updated: 05:37 pm

Asian Games: Sonam bags bronze medal, beats reigning Asian Champion Long Jia of China in Wrestling

Hangzhou, Oct 6 : Indian women wrestler Sonam Malik beat Chinese opponent and reigning Asian Champion, Long Jia 7-5 in women's freestyle 62kg, here on Friday. Sonam was under immense pressure from Jia Long but the Indian did well to avoid conceding more than 2 points. Soon some great counter from the Indian resulted in a pushout, as Sonam led 4-2 with less than a minute left. In the last 30 seconds left in the match, Long made it 4-4 and had the criteria on her side. But Sonam quick on her feet, immediately launched an attack to go up 6-4 with 13 secs left. A fine effort in the end by Sonam to defeat her Chinese opponent with a clutch 2-pointer with seconds left in the bout. Earlier in the day, Sonam lost her Women's Freestyle 62kg bout to North Korea's Hyongyong Mun 0-7 after a loss by fall. /IANS

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