Nisha Dahiya (left) in action at the Paris Olympics (AFP)
Dahiya took it to the 18-year-old North Korean, and endured a seemingly crippling injury to wrestler. But, she ultimately fell to Pak 8-10 to get eliminated from the event.
India’s Nisha Dahiya endured a heartbreaking loss as the wrestler fell to North Korea’s Sol Gum Pak in the quarterfinal of the Women’s 68kg Freestyle wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Dahiya took it to the 18-year-old North Korean, and endured a seemingly crippling injury to wrestler. But, she ultimately fell to Pak 8-10 in an insane turnaround, and lost out on making it to the semifinal.
Nisha made no time in taking the attack to the young North Korean, grabbing a four-point lead and defending the same till the halfway mark.
Pak took away a point from Nisha, but only at the expense of giving away a couple to the India, as Dahiya soared to a 6-1 lead.
With the clock ticking and the North Korean in dire need of points, they resorted to a grapplefest on the mats, eventually leading to Dahiya scoring two more points and extending her lead to 8-1.
But, in the process, Dahiya was faced with an injury to her right arm, calling for medical attention. But, the Indian chose to wrestle in discomfort for the remainder of the match, grimacing with each grapple.
With 33 seconds left onf the clock, the Indian was in extreme discomfort, falling onto the mats, yelling for more medical help. Yet, once again chose to continue onwards.
But, Pak would have no remorse for the Indian, going at the Indian with full force, and would capitalise on the moment to push Dahiya down and steal a whopping 7 points with 12 seconds left, to tie up the match.
With yet another break, and more grimace added to Nisha’s face, the bout completely was turned around as Pak would pin the Indian down to the ground and claim two more points, to eke out the win at 10-8 and send the Indian back home, wiriting in pain and heartbreak.
Previously, Dahiya won her opening women’s freestyle 68kg bout against Ukraine’s Sova Rizhko 6-4 with relative ease and looked in fine form.
Coming in as India’s only entry in the heavyweight category, Nisha is an Asian Championships silver medallist and got the better of her opponent from Ukraine without much trouble.
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