Tokyo Olympics 2021 India: India's Wrestling Effort Starts with Sonam Malik's Cycle 1 Loss in Free form 62kgs

Tokyo Olympics: India's Wrestling Effort Starts with Sonam Malik's Cycle 1 Loss in Free form 62kgs

Tokyo Olympics 2021 : India's Sonam Malik lost her opening-round match in the last couple of moments of the last round yet her mission at the Games is as yet not over in spite of the loss.

Tokyo Olympics 2021 India: India's Wrestling Effort Starts with Sonam Malik's Cycle 1 Loss in Free form 62kgs

Features 

• Sonam Malik lost to Mongolia's Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the ladies' free-form 62kg 1/8 last 

• 19-year-old Sonam lost regardless of the session completing 2-2 on focuses after the 3 rounds 

• Sonam will get an opportunity to contend in the repechage round if Bolortuya arrives at the last

India's wrestling effort at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday started on a baffling note as Sonam Malik lost her initial session against Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the ladies' free-form 62kg 1/8 last. 

Sonam got a point each in the initial two adjusts by tossing her rival out of the mat, authoritatively known as push-outs in wrestling, and was driving 2-0 until the last couple of moments in the last round when Bolortuya turned the match around by securing two focuses to even out the terms. 

Bolortuya was pronounced the victor for snatching her focuses with a score and in this manner, won the session notwithstanding the match completing level on focuses. 

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Sonam Malik is as yet not out of the Tokyo Games yet and will get an opportunity to contend in the repechage round if Bolortuya arrives at the last in this weight classification. 

The 19-year-old Sonam was quick to take mat in the 62kg classification, set in opposition to Mongolia's Asian Championship silver medallist Bolortuya Khurelkhuu. Hailing from Sonipat, Haryana, Sonam was brought into the world on April 15, 2002, and come from a group of grapplers. 

Sonam's assurance and enthusiasm is excellent as the young person started her profession by winning gold in the National School Games in 2016. 

As Sonam partook in occasions, the Indian grappler leaving her global imprint by winning bronze in the Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship and the Cadet World Wrestling Championship in 2018. The next year Sonam won the gold decoration in the Cadet World Wrestling Championship.