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Nisha Dahiya Secures Fifth Quota For India In World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers
World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: Woman wrestler Nisha Dahiya claimed a quota place for India for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in the 68kg category at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers here on Friday. She reached the final in the women's 68kg freestyle category to secure her ticket to Paris.
This is India’s fifth quota in wrestling for the Paris 2024 Olympics and all have come through women wrestlers. She joins Antim Panghal (53kg), Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Anshu Malik (57kg) and Reetika Hooda (76kg) as other Indians to have won Olympic quotas so far. No Greco-Roman wrestler could manage to bag a quota place in what is the final opportunity to gain Olympic berths.
Nisha defeated individual neutral athlete Alina Shauchuk, a former U23 world championships silver medallist, 3-0 in the Round of 16 before edging out Adela Hanzlickova of Czechia, the top seed, 7-4 in the semifinals.
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