Young Anshu Malik bowed out of the 57kg competition after losing her repechage round 1-5 to Russia\'s Valeria Koblova
India's Anshu Anshu (red) wrestles Russia's Valeria Koblova in their women's freestyle 57kg wrestling repechage match during the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on Thursday. (Photo by Jack GUEZ AFP)
Chiba (Japan): Young Anshu Malik bowed out of the 57kg competition after losing her repechage round 1-5 to Russia's Valeria Koblova, the Rio Olympics silver medallist.
Anshu never looked intimidated by a stronger opponent and was leading the bout at one stage on criteria but towards the end, the Russian pulled off a two-pointer to nose ahead.
The 19-year-old Indian had lost her opener to European champion Irina Kurachikina but after the Belarusian progressed to the final, she bounced back to be in contention.
Ravi Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) will fight for gold and bronze medal respectively, in the evening session.
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