It was a well fought and hard win for Sakshi since after having gone down 2-9 against Russia’s Valeriia Koblova in the quarter-finals, she was accorded another chance at a medal via repechage. “Today you see a local girl made the country proud by winning a medal at Rio Olympic games”, Dahiya told PTI.
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US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma took to Twitter to extend the wishes saying, “Congratulations India on the brilliant performances of #SakshiMalik and #PVSindhu #Rio2016”.
“Double leg attack” is the strongest point of worldwide wrestler Sakshi Malik who scripted history by winning a bronze medal at Rio Olympics, feels her coach Ishwar Singh Dahiya.
Actress Tina Desai, whose credits include Netflix’s Sense8, which is now filming its second season, wrote: “Enjoy that you’ve made history”.
She would be provided advanced facilities of worldwide standards to enable her to continue to bring glory to the country.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a series of tweets praising Malik’s achievement given the challenges faced by aspiring female wrestlers in the country.
Sakshi is also likely to be offered a job by the Haryana state government.
Air India has come up with an heartwarming gesture.
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Shuttler PV Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik scripted a new chapter in Indian Olympic history with their unprecedented feats on Thursday. Overall it was a good game and I have settled with the silver. It has been a wonderful week for me even though I have got silver. PTIHonour for Sakshi, stadiums for players Chandigarh: Director, sports and youth affairs department, Haryana, Jagdeep Singh Sheoran visited the house of Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik in Rohtak and congratulated her father Sukhbir Malik, mother Sudesh Malik and coach Mandeep.
