Vinesh Phogat wins gold to qualify for Rio

In the final, Vinesh defeated Iwona Matkowska of Poland 6-0 to secure gold in the 48kg freestyle category. Vinesh had confirmed her place in the Olympics after a win in the semis. She defeated Ewin Demirhan of Turkey 12-2 in the semi-final earlier. 

Having been consistently impressive in the qualifiers, the JSW-backed wrestler started the contest in imperious form, first executing a quick takedown and then following it with an even quicker reversal to race into a 4-0 lead. Demirhan, however, had no intentions of shutting up shop as she fought back to close the first period at 4-2.

Phogat started the second period in similar style as the first building on her lead with a brilliant reversal and overpowered her opponent eventually. The win made it 4 wins-via-technical fall in a row for the Indian wrestler, who finally managed to book her tickets to Brazil.

The 21-year old Phogat had won her quarter-finals by a score of 11-1 earlier in the day. She will be joined on the plane to Brazil by fellow wrestler Sakshi Malik who also qualified on Saturday evening winning the semi-final in her event.