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Rio Olympics: Knee injury ends wrestler Vinesh Phogat medal hopes

Rio Olympics: Knee injury ends wrestler Vinesh Phogat medal hopes

New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): In a major setback to India, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was forced to bow out of the Rio Olympics after she suffered a knee injury in the quarter-finals of the women's freestyle 48 kilogram event against China's Sun Yanan. The injury occurred two minutes and 42 seconds into the bout when the Indian grappler was leading 1-0 against Yanan. A heartbroken Vinesh had to be taken out of the ring in a stretcher. Yanan was declared a winner by default.

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New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): In a major setback to India, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was forced to bow out of the Rio Olympics after she suffered a knee injury in the quarter-finals of the women's freestyle 48 kilogram event against China's Sun Yanan. The injury occurred two minutes and 42 seconds into the bout when the Indian grappler was leading 1-0 against Yanan. A heartbroken Vinesh had to be taken out of the ring in a stretcher. Yanan was declared a winner by default.

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