June 10, 2023 09:11 (IST)
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Tokyo Olympics | Wrestling Vinesh out of contention for repechage round as Vanesa loses in semis
Tokyo/UNI: World No 1 Vinesh Phogat's hopes of competing in repechage round dashed away after Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus lost to her Chinese opponent Pant Qianyu in the semi-final of women's freestyle wrestling 53kg here on Thursday.
Earlier, Vinesh, went down to Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus in the quarter-finals.
The Indian wrestler, who was trailing 3-9, lost the bout via fall.
Earlier, Phogat won her opening round by defeating Sweden's Sofia Magdalena 7-1.
Wrestler Anshu Malik also lost her repechage round 2 to Olympic silver-medallist Valeria Kublova in the women's freestyle 57kg category earlier today.
She lost 1-5 to Valeria Kublova.
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