As a professional wrestler, Malik first tasted success in the worldwide arena in 2010 when she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in the 58kg freestyle event. She may not have won a medal, but she had the world united in cheering the loudest for her. Though Sakshi entered Rio Olympics without any expectations, she became highlight of India’s Rio Olympics campaign, by winning bronze medal.
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The young wrestler said, “I have stood up to the hopes of the country for the first medal”.
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Sakshi also became the first female grappler from India to climb the podium in the quadrennial sports spectacle – the other four medals being won by men with two of those claimed by Sushil Kumar in 2008 Beijing and 2012 London. Sachin also praised bronze medallist Sakshi Malik and expressed his excitement at PV Sindhu’s final match.
Wrestler Sakshi Malik opened India’s medal tally at the Rio Olympics, winning bronze in the 58kg category after she beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5.
Yet, before Independence and in the years after it, Indian sportswomen were gentrified and belonged to affluent, westernised communities. “This is the first time that a medal has come for women”. Malik hails from the northern state of Haryana, where the gap is even wider, at 897 women per 1000 men. These three names will be etched in the memory of sports enthusiasts for their performances in what has been a disappointing outing for India at the Rio Olympics.
It began with Dipa Karmakar storming into the vault final where she finished an impressive fourth and put Indian gymnastics on the map. Malik won the bronze medal in wrestling on Thursday, bringing joy and smiles on the billions of faces.
Sakshi Malik conquered many heights in her career and made India and her parents proud at many steps. “The way she came from behind to win Bronze at Rio shows her class, grit and determination”, the Chief Minister said in a statement.
Back in 2003 when teenager Sakshi Malik walked into Sir Chotu Ram Academy in Rohtak along with her mother, she had no clue she would be made to wrestle with boys for practice.
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A 2014 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medalist as well as two-time ISSF World Cup medalist, the Nepal-born shooter was viewed as a genuine medal contender at his first Olympic appearance but stumbled in the final. As in the year 2010 when she was just of 18 years, she achieved the victory at junior-level competitions.
