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Paris 2024 Olympics: Vinesh Phogat Storms Into Semi-Final In Wrestling
Phogat will now take on Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the semi-final later in the night.
06 Aug 2024, 07:03 PM IST 
India's Vinesh Phogat and Ukraine's Oksana Livach (right) compete during their women's freestyle 50kg quarterfinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (Source: AP/PTI)
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat stormed into the semi-final of the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday. She defeated Oksana Livach of Ukraine 7-5 in the quarter final.
Phogat will now take on Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the semi-final later in the night. Earlier in the day, she defeated reigning Olympic champion and reigning gold-medallist Yui Susaki of Japan in the Round of 16 to enter the quarter-finals.
Trailing 0-2 after conceding penalty points for passivity, the Indian wrestler came back brilliantly in the last five seconds to take down the top seed by clinching three points to win 3-2.
Phogat had failed to win a medal in her two previous Olympic appearances.
(With Inputs From PTI)
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