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Sakshi Malik clinches bronze medal in women’s wrestling 58kg category

Sakshi Malik clinches bronze medal in women’s wrestling 58kg category, opens India’s account at Rio 2016 Olympics India’s Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the wrestling 58kg category after the Indian beat Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout. In a thrilling contest, Sakshi fought back from 0-5 down to seal the bout 8-5 in her favour. With seconds left on the clock, she produced a three-point move to seal the bout and India’s first medal at Rio 2016 Olympics. It wasn’t an ideal start for the 23-year-old as she conceded a five-point lead early in the contest, and like in three out of the four bouts earlier in the day, she was back from behind to produce the moves when they mattered, and seal the win. Tynybekova started on a positive note as her leg-grab put her in the lead.  She repeated the move again and sat in a comfortable position.  Malik opened the scoring in the second period of the bout when she pushed her opponent down and out of the...

Gagan Narang wins India's first medal - London Olympics

My best wishes to Mr. Gagan Narang. Gagan Narang clinched the bronze medal in the men's 10-metre air rifle event of the 2012 London Olympics while defending champion Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final round Rifle shooter Gagan Narang opened the medal count for India in the 2012 London Games by winning the bronze medal in the men's 10-metre air rifle event. Narang clinched the bronze with an overall score of 701.1. After a steady start, Narang was off target as his seventh and eight attempt fetched him 9.9 and 9.5. However, he steadied his aim to seal the bronze medal will scores of 10.3 and 10.7 in his last two shots. The gold went to Romanian Alin George Moldoveanu with a total score of 702.1 (599 qualifying, 103.1 final) and Italian Niccolo Campriani bagged the silver with 701.5 (599 qualifying, 102.5 final). Narang, who is participating in his third Games, had a total score of 701.1 (598 qualifying, 103.1 final). Going into the final round, Narang was t...