Sakshi is the first lady to win a Olympic medal in wrestling .Not only did Sakshi Malik give India their first medal of the 2016 Rio Games, but also became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. However, the bronze medal looked out of her grasp till the dying moments of the 58kg freestyle bronze medal bout.
Sakshi was trailing 0-5 till the end of the first period and it seemed again that an Indian would fall just short of getting the elusive medal in Rio that the country so badly craved.
Her opponent — Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan — looked in complete control for much of the bout but the Indian wrestler didn’t give up.
With the first minute of the second period going scoreless, Sakshi had just under two minutes to turnaround things and she did just that.
She threw her opponent on to the mat to get on the scoreboard and another similar move just seconds later saw her trail just by a point.
Aisuluu looked rattled and got on to the defensive to protect her lead. Sakshi smelled blood and went for the kill with just seconds left.Sakshi’s never-die attitude finally paid off as scored another point by pinning her opponent down.
With just couple of seconds to the buzzer, Sakshi grabbed the leg of the Krygyzstani wrestler and pinned her again, gaining two more crucial points, thus putting the result beyond any doubt.
