August 24, 2017 6:50 PM

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Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat crash out of World Wrestling Championship

In the ongoing World Wrestling Championship in Paris, Olympic Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik crashed out in the first round. Vinesh Phogat's campaign also ended in a whimper. After three listless days, the onus was on Sakshi and Vinesh to end India's medal drought but both failed to live up to the expectations. Sakshi and Vinesh went down in their respective Round of 16 bouts.Sakshi was stunned by Luisa Niemesch of Germany 1-3 in women's 60kg, while two-time junior world champion Victoria Anthony of USA got a fall over Vinesh Phogat in 48kg. Other Indians in the fray Sheetal Tomar (53kg) and Navjot Kaur (69kg) also bowed out of the tournament. Navjot lost to Mongolia's Ochirbat Nasanburmaa 5-10 in 69kg. Sheetal lost the quarterfinals against Estera Dobre of Romania 2-4.

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