Babli has Manshi at her mercy within the 55kg closing within the Federation Cup wrestling tournamnet in Varanasi on Thursday.
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Babli made a outstanding comeback to beat Manshi Yadav within the ladies’s 55kg closing and safe her maiden gold medal on the elite stage within the Federation Cup wrestling event on the Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Indoor Stadium right here on Thursday.
Hailing from Yamunanagar district in Haryana, the 23-year-old Babli, who took to wrestling about four-and-a-half years in the past, recorded a 15-Eight win within the title conflict to bag her first important medal.
Trailing 6-2, Babli cashed in on a possibility to use a leg lace and stage the scores on the break. Backed by her coach Amit Kumar, a fitter Babli grabbed one other 4 factors to increase her lead. Against her opponent’s weak assaults, Babli employed fast counters to collect extra factors and emerge because the winner.
Nineteen-year-old Madhuri Patel from Khandwa erased a 5 level deficit within the second interval to beat Gunjan Sharma 8-7 within the ladies’s 50kg closing and win her maiden gold.
The medallists (ladies): 50kg: 1. Madhuri Patel (MP), 2. Gunjan Sharma (Chd), 3. Chanchal Sirohi (UP), Rimpa Kumari (Jha); 53kg: 1. Shivani Sharma (MP), 2. Kirti (Har), 3. Sheetal (Del), Juli (UP); 55kg: 1. Babli (Har), 2. Manshi Yadav (UP), 3. Aishwarya Karigar (Kar), Deeksha (Raj); 57kg: 1. Neha (Del), 2. Sandhya Pal (UP), 3. Nisha Saini (Raj), Shilpa (Har); 59kg: 1. Nitika (Har), 2. Pooja Yadav (UP), 3. Akansha (Mah), Unnati Rathore (Del); 62kg: 1. Renchi (Har), 2. Pooja Tomar (UP), 3. Payal Patel (MP), Shrushti (Mah); 65kg: 1. Freedom Yadav (UP), 2. Manju (Del), 3. Sujatha Patil (Kar), Juhi Kumari (Bih); 68kg: 1. Sarika (Har), 2. Sumitra (Del), 3. Deepika Nain (Chd), Maya Mali (Raj); 72kg: 1. Srishti (Del), 2. Reshma (Mah), 3. Pathan Sandfar (Guj), Tanu (Raj); 76kg: 1. Bipasha (Del), 2. Ankit Shekhawat (Raj), 3. Jaspreet Kaur (Pun), Pranjal Sonkar (MP).