Vinesh Phogat Reaches Final: Vinesh Phogat creates panic in Poland Open, defeats American wrestler in 75 seconds

The 26-year-old, who won gold medals at Matteo Pelicone in March and Asian Championships in April this year, is on her way to win another yellow medal in a third consecutive tournament. Vinesh faced a tough challenge from the defensive play of Poleshchuk in the opening round. He employed a left-footed attack strategy against the Russian wrestler, but his bet backfired and Poleshchuk took a 2-0 lead.

Vinesh attacked the opponent’s legs in the second period and managed to make the score 2-2. Poleshchuk made a technical mistake this time as Vinesh got two more points. He defeated the Russian wrestler one more time to win the match 6-2.

In the next round, however, he got a comfortable victory. He pinned the American wrestler in just 75 seconds. At this time she was leading 6-0 in the match. Earlier, Anshu Malik had to withdraw from the tournament in the weight category of 57 kg due to fever.