CWG 2022: Sakshi Malik wins gold medal in women’s freestyle 62kg category

Rio Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik turned back the clock to register a major victory to clinch a gold medal in the women’s freestyle 65kg bout by defeating Canada’s Ana Godinez Gonzalez at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.

Sakshi, who was out of a boil after her success at the Rio Olympics, missing a few incidents and lost to younger opponents, made a stellar comeback on Friday in both her bout and her career as she asserted her right. took.

Her rival, who immigrated to Canada from Mexico at a very young age with her family to seek political asylum, is a strong medal-winning wrestler at the World Championships.

He started off aggressively and made two takedowns in the first period to take a 4-0 lead.

But Sakshi came back strongly in the second period and attacked and took two points. She then counterattacked brilliantly and fell by pinning her opponent’s shoulder to the mat to win the match.

Sakshi was happy with her performance and wanted to go on the winning lap in the bout area, very happy with the way she won the match

Originally published at Pen 18