Vinesh Phogat, India's Paris Olympics-bound woman wrestler, has clinched the Women's 50 kg gold in the Grand Prix of Spain in Madrid on Saturday (July 6). It is pertinent to note that it wasn't a straightforward journey to the medal for the Indian wrestler as received her Schengen visa at the last minute. From then on though, she was spot on in her bouts one after the other and dominated the three on her way to the final before eventually going to strike gold.
In the final, Vinesh was up against Mariia Tiumerekova who is competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete. The two-time World Championship Bronze medallist beat Mariia Tiumerekova 10-5 in the final to continue her dominance in the tournament and went on to seal the gold medal.
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Dominating Performance On Her Way To The Gold For Vinesh Phogat
Phogat has previously won the gold medal at the Asian Games. In the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she first got the better of Pan American champion Yusneylis Guzman of Cuba 12-4 on points before registering a win by fall against Canada's Madison Parks who had a silver medal against her name at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In the semis, she had beaten Katie Dutchak 9-4 on points on her way to the gold medal bout where she yet again reigned supreme.
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Once her training and preparation in Spain concludes, Vinesh will have a final 20-day training stint in France before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which is set to commence on July 26.