Vinesh Phogat looked as dominant as ever as she made the most of a comfortable draw to beat her rivals to move just one win away from qualifying for the Paris Olympics, while Anshu Malik Anshu Malik and U23 world champion Reetika also reached the semi-finals of the Asian Games qualifiers in Bishkek on Saturday. Vinesh, as usual, looked for an opportunity to dominate his Korean opponent and took advantage of it after measuring Miran Cheon about 30 seconds into the opening game.

Once she grabbed Cheon and pushed her down, the game ended quickly in 1 minute and 39 seconds.

It was difficult to break free from Vinesh’s clutches. The Indian used three gut-wrenching moves combined with an “exposure” to end the game.

The next game lasted only 67 seconds. Cambodia’s Smanang Dit is easy prey. Vinesh quickly pinned her down and advanced to the women’s 50kg semifinals.

Vinesh will compete in the 50kg category after winning the trials. Even if she misses this opportunity, she can compete for a spot in the 53kg category in the future, and Antim Pangal has already obtained this quota. Antim may be asked to attend a final trial to prove her worth.

The finalists of this competition will receive a spot in their respective countries.

Anshu Malik, the 2021 World Championship silver medalist, advanced directly to the quarter-finals, where she had no problem defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Kalmila Bilimbekova due to her technical superiority.

U23 world champion Reetika (76kg) defeated Eunju Hwang effortlessly. She won the first round with technical superiority, with the Korean player having no reaction to Retika’s level, and a similar win against Mongolia’s Davaanasan Enkh Amar. victory.

In the last game of the group stage against Chinese player Wang Jiang, Retika once led 8-0, but the Chinese team fought back and scored six points in a row. She made another move in the dying moments but to the relief of the Indian camp the point was not awarded as it came at the end of the stipulated time.

Mansi Alawat (62kg) also made it to the semi-finals as she only had to win one match. In the match against Kazakhstan’s Irina Kuznetsova, she won 6-4.

The only Indian wrestler who failed to reach the semifinals was Nisha Dahiya (68kg).

Nyssa had to train hard to beat Sorkin Park from North Korea in her first match. The Indians once led 5-0 and maintained it until the first quarter, but the Koreans used tenacious resistance to put the pressure back on their opponents.

Early in the second period, Park successfully completed a takedown to get on the scoreboard. However, Nisha kept pushing Pu Pu, expanding her lead, and finally won 8-3.

Nissa, who was already exhausted, was defeated badly in the second round by local favorite Meerim Zhumanazarova. After falling behind 1-9, she was pinned by Meerim. She barely uses any attacking moves and spends most of her time standing and wrestling.

In the must-win third round, Nisha defeated Kazakhstan player Yelena Shalygina, but because Milin lost the last game of the group stage, Nisha did not have enough points to stay in the top four.

The last chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics is the world qualifying tournament in Turkey on May 9.

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