Vinesh Phogat's chances of winning a gold medal got a huge jolt when she lost to Japanese reigning world champion Maya Mukaida 7-0 in pre-quarter-finals of World Wrestling Championships today. 

Can still qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Though Vinesh's chance of winning a gold might be over she still has a chance to win bronze through repech and earn a spot for 2020 Tokyo Olympics if her Japanese opponent makes it to final. If Mukaida reaches finals n Vinesh will face World one Sarah Hilderbrandt in her next bout while Mukaida takes on Greek Maria Prevolaraki in semi-final after decimating Hilderbrandt 12-1 in quarter-finals. 

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 A great start 

Earlier, Vinesh had a great start to her campaign she beat Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Mattsson 13-0 in qualifying round. However, Vinesh lost 0-7 in game as Mukaida dominated game. first 60-70 seconds of game remained without scores as y measured each or. Vinesh lost a point on passivity and from re on, Japanese began to dominate. A take-down, followed by an expose and ar take-down gave Japanese a commanding 7-0 lead. Vinesh needed to attack but Mukaida's defence was like an immovable rock. Indian made two double-leg attacks and also got hold of Mukaida's left leg but could t convert those moves into points. Vinesh has Commonwealth Games and Asian Games titles to her but is yet to win a world title. This became second consecutive defeat against Japanese for champion.

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Or wrestlers at Pre-quarters

In or matches involving Indian women wrestler, Seema, Komal Bhagwal Gole and Lalitha Shekhwat all lost in quarter-final st of championship and like Vinesh will wait to see result of ir opponent to whom y lost to have a slim chance of bagging a bronze & qualifying for Olympics. In men's section, Naveen lost his 130kg Greco-Roman repech match against Estonia's Heike Nabi 9-0.  Vinesh has Commonwealth Games and Asian Games titles to her but is yet to win a world title. This became second consecutive defeat against Japanese for champion.

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