There was huge expectation from India’s Rio Olympic Games bronze medallist Sakshi Malik in the final of the women’s 60kg event of the Asian Championship, but she fumbled on the mat against an Olympic champion Risako Kawai, to settle for silver. .Read | No row over Sakshi Malik weight switch, says Wresting Federation of IndiaThe strong Japanese showed her skills to race to 4-0 lead in the opening 90 seconds. The long break after Rio Games perhaps had its impact, she said. Sakshi Malik had tied a knot with Satyawart Kadian in first week of April, though she joined the national camp within a fortnight of her marriage, she struggled to keep a check on her weight. Read | Harpreet Singh wins bronze in Greco-Roman at Asian Wrestling ChampionshipSilver for Vinesh, DivyaIndia’s Vinesh Phogat coming back from a long lay-off from an injury, she had sustained at the Rio Olympic Games, also settled for silver in the 55kg.

Source: Hindustan Times May 12, 2017 14:52 UTC