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Indian wrestler Antim Panghal was dissatisfied to not have gained the gold medal within the girls’s 53kg ultimate on the Asian Video games however was pleased with the silver she gained with some robust performances. Antim misplaced the gold medal bout to Japan’s Moe Kiyooka, who was the 2024 World Championships’ gold medallist within the 55kg class. Antim now has upgraded her bronze from the Hangzhou Video games 2023 to a silver on the Aichi-Nagoya Video games, one thing she stays pleased with regardless of the ultimate loss. “After all, I am slightly dissatisfied that I could not win gold, however I am nonetheless very proud to have gained a silver medal for India on the Asian Video games. Each athlete desires of profitable a medal for the nation, and to have the ability to try this on this stage means lots to me,” she mentioned.
The Haryana-born athlete underwent intense coaching in preparation for the foremost occasions and mirrored on the sacrifices she has needed to make. “There have been so many sacrifices, tough days and moments when issues haven’t gone my manner, however I stored believing in myself and dealing onerous.
“I am particularly grateful to WFI, Encourage Institute of Sport and Parth Jindal sir, who has supported me, guided me and helped me enhance all through this journey. I will take this expertise, be taught from it and preserve working onerous to come back again stronger,” Antim added.
Antim was the one Indian lady wrestler to bag a medal on the Asiad, as 5 different medals have been gained by male grapplers. The 21-year-old had produced a dominant run to succeed in the ultimate, opening her marketing campaign with a 9-0 victory over Kazakhstan’s Shugyla Omirbek earlier than defeating Uzbekistan’s Sakibjamal Esbosynova 8-0 within the quarterfinals.
She then overcame China’s Jin Zhang 6-1 within the semifinal. After conceding the opening level, Antim responded strongly by scoring six unanswered factors to e book her place within the title conflict.
Her qualification for the ultimate had already positioned her in an elite group, making her solely the third Indian lady wrestler after Geetika Jakhar and Vinesh Phogat to succeed in an Asian Video games wrestling ultimate.
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