Anshu Malik loses in wrestling 57kg repechage at Tokyo Olympics

Anshu Malik lost to Valeria Koblova of ROC in the Women's freestyle 57kg repechage on Thursday to bow out of the Tokyo Olympics.

Anshu Malik, 19, in action. (File Picture)

Anshu Malik lost to Valeria Koblova of ROC 1-5 in the Women's freestyle 57kg repechage on Thursday to bow out of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Anshu had lost to Individual World Cup gold medallist and double Worlds medallist Iryna Kurachkina 8-2 in a first-round match of the women’s 57kg weight category on Wednesday. However, Anshu made it to the repechage round following Kurachkina's progress to the title clash.