Wrestling

At the Summer Olympics in Rio, 2016, Sakshi Malik became India’s first woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. The writer of this article, Suhasini Mitra, was her manager at the time and spent the following days and weeks witnessing her rise in stature and eventually her wedding. Here, she

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From Rohtak to Rio and beyond: Historic medal that changed Sakshi Malik 

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Valeriia KOBLOVA ZHOLOBOVA (RUS) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 4-1

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Sakshi MALIK (IND) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 8-5

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Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) df. Petra Maarit OLLI (FIN), 14-7

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Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) df. Joice SOUZA DA SILVA (BRA), 11-8

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Japan's Motoki Sakura won gold, thanks to a victory by technical superiority over Ukraine's Iryna Koliadenko in women's wrestling at 62 kg at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Saturday, 10 August at Champ De Mars Arena.
In earlier action, Aisuluu Tynybekova from Kyrgyzstan beat Mongolia's Orkhon Purevdorj 6-6 on

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Motoki Sakura of Japan (right) and Iryna Koliadenko of Ukraine compete during the Women's Freestyle 62kg gold medal match on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Champs-de-Mars Arena on 10 August 2024 in Paris, France.

Motoki Sakura of Japan (in blue) wins gold medal in women's 62kg freestyle wrestling over Iryna Koliadenko of Ukraine at Paris 2024

Japan's Motoki Sakura wins gold in women's 62kg freestyle wrestling

Japan’s KAWAI Yukako has denied Kyrgyzstan its first ever Olympic gold medal when she beat Aisuluu Tynybekova in the women’s freestyle wrestling 62kg final at Tokyo 2020.
The 23-year-old had held off a valiant challenge from reigning world champion Tynybekova, and tournament favourite, to win the bout 4-3. It was

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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Japan's KAWAI Yukako wins women's freestyle wrestling 62kg gold

Can arch-rivals still be good friends and keep the competitive edge going? Sakshi Malik certainly thinks so.
Malik feels that being buddies and hanging out with opponents off the mat only inspires them to do better during bouts.
This has always been the case for her, even on the biggest

Sakshi Malik of India in the women's 62kg round during Wrestling on day 10 of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on April 14, 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Jono Searle/Getty Images)

Sakshi Malik in action

Friendship not lost on wrestling mat for Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik

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This session includes Men's Freestyle 65kg and 97kg Semifinals and Freestyle 74kg and 125kg Finals as well as the Women's Freestyle 76kg Semifinals and Freestyle 62kg Finals.

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Mat B: Men's & Women's Freestyle - Day 15 - Evening | Wrestling | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Women's 62kg Freestyle Wrestling Finals were held on 10/08/2024 at Champs de Mars Arena, Paris. The Bronze medals went to Grace Jacob Bullen (NOR) and Aisuluu Tynybekova (KYR). Silver was won by Iryna Koliadenko (UKR) and the Gold Medal belonged to Motoki Sakura (JPN) with a 12:1 Victory by Technical Superiority.

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Women's 62kg Finals | Freestyle Wrestling | Olympic Games Paris 2024

This session includes The Women's Freestyle 57kg Repechage and Freestyle 62kg 1/8 Finals and 1/4 Finals.

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Mat B: Women's Freestyle - Day 14 - Morning | Wrestling | Olympic Games Paris 2024

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From Rohtak to Rio and beyond: Historic medal that changed Sakshi Malik

Valeriia KOBLOVA ZHOLOBOVA (RUS) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 4-1

Sakshi MALIK (IND) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 8-5

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From Rohtak to Rio and beyond: Historic medal that changed Sakshi Malik

Valeriia KOBLOVA ZHOLOBOVA (RUS) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 4-1

Sakshi MALIK (IND) df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 8-5

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