India’s Sakshi Malik earns a hat-trick of CWG medals

Friday, the Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik won the women’s 62 kilogramme freestyle wrestling event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Sakshi Malik won her third consecutive medal at the CWG. She won silver at 58 kilogrammes in Glasgow in 2014 and bronze at Gold Coast in 2018.

Sakshi Malik, a Rio 2016 bronze medalist, won the gold medal match at the Coventry Stadium and Arena by defeating Canada’s Ana Godinez Gonzalez by fall.

Sakshi Malik, in a state of ecstasy, summed up her feelings by stating, “I’m feeling very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very

Ana Gonzalez, the reigning Pan-American champion and previous junior world gold medalist, began the match aggressively and scored first blood with a two-point takedown after Sakshi Malik botched her counterattack. With a single-leg takedown right before the intermission, the Canadian doubled her advantage.

The Indian, losing 4-0 with three minutes remaining and everything to play for, came out battling in the second session and won the match in one fell swoop.

The Indian wrestler began her match with a single-leg takedown that gave her control of her opponent on the mat. Then, Sakshi Malik applied an armbar before pinning Gonzalez for a quick victory.

Sakshi Malik stated of her comeback from a 4-0 deficit, “I constantly believe that I am the best, and I will win without a doubt.” Therefore, after three minutes I launched an attack, which was successful.

Sakshi Malik defeated Kelsey Barnes of England with a technical advantage in the quarterfinals to set up a semi-final match with Berthe Etoe Ngolle of Cameroon.

The former African champion was anticipated to give a greater challenge to the Rio medalist, but Sakshi Malik defeated her with relative ease, once again through technical dominance, in less than a minute.

Esther Kolawole and Berthe Etane Ngolle of Nigeria captured the two bronze medals.