Vinesh Phogat won the gold at the Yasar Dogu International wrestling meet with a directing 9-5 prevail upon Russia's Ekaterina Poleschuk here on Sunday, July 14.
This was her second back to back gold in the 53 kg class, having likewise succeeded at the Spanish Grand Prix a week ago.
The 24-year-old ace wrestler won two of her three sessions by specialized prevalence enroute the gold. This was the third gold in the women's opposition in Istanbul for India after Seema (50 kg) and Manju (59 kg) won in their separate categories.
2016 Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, who was making her comeback after damage, did not achieve the medal rounds. She lost her pre-quarterfinal session however was in a clash for a bronze with a repechage. Be that as it may, she lost the repechage round by a nearby edge to Russian Uliana Tukurenova.
Gold medallist at Madrid Divya Kakran (68kg) and Pooja Dhanda (57kg), who won a silver in a similar challenge, did not achieve the award adjusts either. Divya was knocked out in the capability round while Pooja lost in the quarterfinal.
In men's freestyle wrestling, Rahul Aware (61 kg) clinched his maiden career ranking series title with a tactical 4-1 win over Munir Atlas of Turkey. Utkarsh Kale had won bronze in the same category. Sumit won bronze in the 125 kg category.
Sonba Tanaji (65 kg), competing in the absence of Bajrang Punia, lost his bronze medal bout to Turkey's Cengizhan Erdogan by technical superiority. Rajneesh (70 kg) and Viky (92 kg) too lost their bronze medal bouts while Amit Dhankar (74 kg) and Styawart Kadiyan (97 kg) could not go beyond the qualification rounds.
