Sangeeta Phogat Wins Bronze At Hungary Ranking Series Wrestling Event

<p>Budapest, Jul 15 (PTI) Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category that featured six grapplers at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament here. Sangeeta began with a crushing defeat by fall but bounced back with a win in her second bout. She lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a title="New Twist In Asia Cup 2023 Drama As PCB Wants To Host More Games In Pakistan: Report" href="https://ift.tt/jZ0rUJy" target="_self">New Twist In Asia Cup 2023 Drama As PCB Wants To Host More Games In Pakistan: Report</a></strong></p> <p>Sangeeta, who won the National Championship in the 62kg last year, began with a defeat by fall against American Jennifer Page Rogers.</p> <p>The contest lasted just 80 seconds with the American pulling away with a right leg attack that led to a take-down and multiple rolls. Eventually, the American got herself in a position to pin Sangeeta.</p> <p>In her next bout against America's Brenda Olivia Reyna, the Indian managed to shake off rust and was quick with her movement. She went into the break with a 4-2 lead and kept consolidating to finally win the bout by technical superiority.</p> <p>One win and one defeat in six-wrestler draw put her in the semifinal against Poland's Magdalena Urszula Glodek.</p> <p>Sangeeta initiated double-leg attacks but lacked power to convert those moves into points. Still she led twice, first 2-0 and then 4-2m but Glodek's counter-attacking moves were good enough to race to a close 6-4 win.</p> <p>In the bronze play-off against local favourite Borsos, Sangeeta took the lead with a take-down move. The Hungarian fought back to make it 2-2 but Sangeeta soon launched a fast and furious attack.</p> <p>Borsos put up a good defence but Sangeeta breached it for a 4-2 lead.</p> <p>In the second period, Sangeeta did not lose a single point and added two to her kitty to take the bronze medal.&nbsp;</p>

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