Nisha Dahiya was posting tenacious victories until she bumped into world championships silver medallist Ami Ishii of Japan within the 68kg closing and end as runner-up on the Asian wrestling championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Ishii eased to a 10-0 win over Nisha.
For Nisha, the medal was testimony to her combating spirit after making an harm comeback. Six months again, she had returned house on a wheelchair from the world championships in Serbia with psychological scars including to the harm. Her proper knee harm acted up towards the identical Japanese rival as she misplaced a detailed semi-final.
With a world bronze medal at stake, Nisha fought towards Linda Morais of Canada and was even main when a leg assault from Morais left her in tears on the mat and she or he was unable to maneuver. Then adopted a troublesome two months of restoration earlier than she made a comeback on the nationwide championships final 12 months. She then received the trials for the Asian meet earlier this month.
Nisha, the U-23 world bronze medallist, has additionally confronted drama off the mat. In 2021, she grabbed media headlines after being mistaken for one more wrestler of the identical identify who was shot lifeless at an akhara in Sonepat. The 25-year-old trains on the Satyawan akhara in Rohtak and has learnt rather a lot by means of her sparring periods with Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik.
At Astana on Tuesday, she was in stream with quick counterattacks and confirmed resilience. Within the semi-final towards Feng Zhou of China, Nisha trailed 6-3 earlier than bouncing again to win 7-6. It was an equally thrilling end towards Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan of Mongolia within the quarter-finals. Nisha scored a takedown with seconds left on the clock to degree scores at 10-10. A four-point throw ensured semi-finals entry on standards.
She discovered the going powerful towards Ishii within the closing. The Japanese was swift with leg assaults and took a four-point lead within the first interval. Nisha regarded to comeback with a underhook within the second interval however Ishii defended properly and countered for 2 extra factors. She then cruised to win.
India received bronze within the ladies’s 76kg the place Priya edged previous Mizuki Nagashima of Japan 2-1. In 50kg, Neelam misplaced her bronze medal bout 10-0 to Ziqi Feng of China.
Total, India have received six medals to date. Greco-Roman wrestlers received 4 medals on the primary two days of competitors. Rupin received 55kg silver and Neeraj (63kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg) and Vikas (72kg) claimed bronze.