Sakshi Malik faces Japan’s Risako Kawai in Asian Wrestling Championship finals

Sakshi Malik will face Rio Olympic gold medallist Risako Kawai in the Asian Wrestling Championship finals.

Updated on: May 12, 2017, 14:08:39 IST

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Rio Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik (60kg) assured herself of a silver medal after reaching the finals at the Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi on Friday.

Sakshi Malik is assured of a silver medal after reaching the Asian Wrestling Championship finals. (Getty Images)

The 24-year-old from Haryana defeated Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan to enter the finals. She had advanced to the semi-final after beating Uzbek grappler Nabira Esenbaeva 6-2 in the quarterfinal bout.

Sakshi Malik will face Olympic gold medallist Japan’s Risako Kawai in the finals.

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Sakshi became the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics when she clinched the bronze in the 58 kg category at Rio Games.

She had previously won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha.

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