Tokyo 2020: Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik qualify; entryway shut on Sakshi Malik
India's Anshu Malik turned into the fifth grappler to affirm a spot in the Tokyo Olympics at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Kazakhstan. Malik won her semi finals session against Uzbekistan's Akhmedova.
Four Indians have recently gotten Tokyo Olympics billets - Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg), Deepak Punia (86kg) and Vinesh Phogat (ladies' 53kg).
India has sent a five-ladies crew to Kazakhstan. To be a piece of the ladies' crew, Vinesh Phogat won a bronze award in the 2019 World Championship in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. The leftover weight classes are 50kg, 57kg, 62kg, 68kg, and 76kg. The more youthful competitors, Anshu and Sonam Malik were the top picks to get a spot in the Tokyo Games.
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Anshu,19, 57kg has won three awards in her main three senior rivalries, and was one of the top choices in the opposition. While the vast majority of the top grapplers like Helen Maroulis (USA), Odunayo Adeuoroye (NGR), Risako Kawai (JPN) and Iryna Kurachkina (BLR) currently qualified, she could have a simple success to the last. In any case, the case may be somewhat unique for Sonam.
Contending in 62kg, Sonam, has become well known in the public circuit by beating 2016 Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik. She needs to demonstrate her determination in the global field. An aggregate of nine grapplers including Sonam will challenge for two spots. Her greatest contest would be double cross Asian medallists Nabira Esenbaeva (UZB) and Ayaulym Kassymova (KAZ).
what she has done. Individuals had said that she is currently at the recruit level however the predictable triumphs against Sakshi has supported her certainty," Sonam's own mentor Ajmer Malik told PTI.