Triple Commonwealth Games champion Vinesh Phogat didn’t put up a struggle and was knocked down by Mongolia’s Khulan Batkhuyag 0-7 in a serious upset on the World Wrestling Championships.
Fresh from successful a gold in India’s stupendous 12-medal successful present on the CWG Birmingham, the tenth seeded Vinesh regarded jaded and misplaced her steadiness within the last seconds to be pinned by the Asian silver medalist within the ladies’s freestyle 53kg. Batkhuyag took a 3-0 lead within the first interval earlier than slamming the previous world bronze medallist backward to the mat within the last seconds to take 4 factors and full a dominating win. Incidentally, Indian junior wrestler Antim, who was knocked out by Vinesh within the choice trials, had crushed the Mongolian on the U-23 Asian meet earlier final month.
In the absence of former silver medallist Anshu Malik, Vinesh was a robust medal favorite as she additionally acquired a beneficial draw after the pullout of reigning champion and Japanese sensation Akari Fujinami (harm). However, she was knocked out within the {qualifications}. India had extra disappointment in retailer as Neelam Sirohi misplaced to two-time world silver medallist Emilia Alina Vuc of Romania 0-10 by way of technical superiority within the ladies’s 50kg.
French wrestler Koumba Larroque, who was combating with a extremely strapped knee, pinned Shafali with a technical superiority within the ladies’s 65kg.
