Rio Olympics Day 12: Wrestler Sakshi Malik wins bronze in dramatic fashion, ends India's medal drought

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 17, 2016, 03:25 AM IST

Updates of events featuring India on day 12.

Sakshi Malik wins bronze in Women's Freestyle 58kg category to open India's medal account.

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02:48 AM

Sakshi gets 4 points. Trails 4-5

02:45 AM

Aisuluu Tynybekova gets two more points. She leads 5-0 at the end of first period

02:44 AM

Aisuluu Tynybekova gets two more points. Leads 3-0

02:44 AM

Aisuluu Tynybekova gets one point

02:43 AM

Both wrestlers mixing caution with aggression. It's still 0-0

02:40 AM

The wrestlers proceed to the mat

02:39 AM

It's time for Sakshi Malik v/s Aisuluu Tynybekova match

01:20 AM

Sakshi Malik to take on Aisuluu Tynybekova in Bronze Medal play-off not before 2am (IST)

01:14 AM

Sakshi gets 2 more points and wins the bout 12-3. She needs to win one more match to capture bronze

01:13 AM

Sakshi gets 4 more points. Leads 10-3

01:12 AM

Sakshi gets 2 more points. Leads 6-3

The Mongolian gets one point back. Sakshi leads 4-3

01:10 AM

Sakshi get 2 more points. Leads 4-2

01:09 AM

At the end of 1st period it's 2-2

01:07 AM

Orkhon Purevdorj gets 2 points. It's 2-2

01:06 AM

Malik gets 2 points first up

12:55 AM

Sakshi Malik will be in action against Orkhon Purevdorj in the Women's Freestyle 58kg Repechage Round 2

10:13 PM

Sakshi Malik needs to win two Repechage bouts (58 kg) to win bronze

Sakshi Malik gets another shot at bronze (via Repechage) as Koblova to whom she lost in QF (58 kg), enters final

09:18 PM

Koblova wins 9-2, but Sakshi isn't out of contention for a medal. If Koblova reaches the final, Sakshi will get a shot at bronze via Repechage

09:11 PM

At the end of first period Koblova leads 1-0

09:10 PM

Koblova gets 1 point

08:44 PM

Yanan looks utterly disappointed as well, she is declared winner by injury

08:40 PM

Sun Yanan goes for a move, gets two points but hurts Phogat in the process. The Indian will not be able to take further part in the contest. Yanan is declared the winner

08:35 PM

Phogat gets 1 point

08:32 PM

Vinesh Phogat will vie for a semi-final spot against Sun Yanan right now

08:26 PM

Scores level at 5-5 at the end of the match but Sakshi wins the encounter as she had scored 4 points at a go (4 point takedown criteria)

Cherdivara-Esanu gets 2 points and it's level 5-5

08:21 PM

Sakshi does a double flip on her opponent and gets 4 points at a go. She leads 5-3

08:20 PM

Sakshi get one point. She trails 1-3

08:17 PM

At the break Cherdivara-Esanu leads 3-0

08:16 PM

Cherdivara-Esanu gets three quick points

08:08 PM

Sakshi Malik v/s Mariana Cherdivara-Esanu match next up

07:19 PM

Phogat gets 5 more points and beats Emilia Alina Vuc 11-0 on points. She progresses to quarterfinals

07:15 PM

Phogat takes two more points, leads by 6 points

07:11 PM

Vinesh Phogat gets 4 points at a go. What a start!

Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat in action in women's freestyle 48kg Qualification Match 

07:07 PM

Kidambi Srikanth misjudges Lin Dan's smash and the Chinese takes the game and match 21-6, 11-21, 21-18

07:03 PM

It's 20-18

07:02 PM

Lin Dan on match point. Leads 20-17

07:01 PM

Lin Dan leads 19-17

07:00 PM

Lin Dan leads 19-16

07:00 PM

Lin Dan leads 18-16

06:59 PM

Powerful smash from Srikanth. Lin Dan leads 17-16

06:58 PM

Lin Dan leads 17-15

06:57 PM

Srikanth fights back. It's 16-15 in Lin Dan's favour

06:56 PM

Lin dan leads 16-14

06:55 PM

It's 14-14 again

06:55 PM

What a smash! Srikanth leads 14-13

06:54 PM

It's 13-13 now as Srikanth's shot is wide

06:53 PM

Lin Dan closes gap. Srikanth leads 13-12

06:52 PM

Lin Dan's shot hits the net and Srikanth is 13-10 up

06:51 PM

Badminton: It's 10-12 in Srikanth's favour

06:50 PM

Wrestling: Sakshi Malik wins freestyle qualification round 5-3 on points

06:48 PM

At the interval, Srikanth has a 3-point lead

06:47 PM

Srikanth opens up 3-point lead. He is up 11-8

06:44 PM

It's 7-7

06:43 PM

Srikanth makes it 6-6

06:43 PM

Srikanth pulls back two points. Lin Ddan leads 6-5

06:40 PM

Aggressive rally between the two and now Lin Dan leads 5-3

06:39 PM

It's 4-3 in Lin Dan's favour

06:37 PM

Lin Dan up 3-2 in 3rd game

06:33 PM

Srikanth wraps up the second game 21-11. It's one game all

06:32 PM

Lin Dan's shot is wide and it's game point for Srikanth, 20-10

06:31 PM

SriKanth leads 19-10

06:31 PM

Another fearful smash gives Srikanth 17-9 lead

06:30 PM

Srikanth's lead cut down. He is ahead 15-9

06:28 PM

Srikanth leads 14-8

06:26 PM

Srikanth unleashes a powerful smash. Leads 13-6

06:26 PM

Srikanth leads 12-6

06:24 PM

What solid play by Srikanth. He leads 11-5

06:23 PM

Srikanth ahead by 9-5

06:20 PM

Lin Dan gets one point back. Srikanth leads 6-3

06:19 PM

Srikanth opens upon 3-point lead. He is up 5-2

06:15 PM

Srikanth takes 2-0 lead after a long rally

06:14 PM

Second game begins

06:12 PM

Lin Dan takes first game in dominating fashion. He won 21-6

06:10 PM

Srikanth gets two quick points. Lin Dan leads 17-6

06:07 PM

Lin Dan leads 15-4

06:03 PM

At the interval Lin Dan leads 11-1

06:00 PM

Srikanth looks a bit jittery. Lin Dan leads 7-1

05:59 PM

Lin Dan is racing ahead very fast, 5-1 lead to him

05:57 PM

Lin Dan takes 3-1 lead

05:55 PM

The players are on court doing their round of warm-ups.

05:47 PM

Srikanth to take the court against Lin Dan