Twitter Reactions: Sakshi Malik ends India’s wait for a medal at the Rio Olympics

It has been quite a big wait for the Indians for a medal at the Rio Olympics and finally it came from Sakshi Malik who won the bronze in the Women’s Freestyle 58 kg category with a spirited comeback victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.

In a thrilling contest, Sakshi fought back from 0-5 to 8-5 to seal the match in her favour. She doesn’t start off well conceding 5 points very early in the contest, but fought back and levelled the scores with few seconds remaining in the match. She produced a three-point move in the last seconds to seal the bout and India’s first medal at Rio 2016 Olympics, which was reviewed by the opponent, but it doesn’t make any difference to the score line, which reads 8-5.

Coming into the bronze medal match, Malik reached the Repechage rounds of the women’s freestyle 58kg event and made most of the second life she got as she outplayed Mongolian wrestler Orkhon in the round 2 contest 12-3 to advance to the bronze-medal match.

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Malik got another chance at a medal after her quarterfinal opponent Valeria Koblova reached the gold medal match.
In the quarterfinal, Malik was easily trumped by Koblova as she lost the match by 9-2, which ended the hopes of a silver or gold medal.

Here is how Twitter reacted as Sakshi Malik ends India’s wait for a medal at the Rio Olympics:

Great comeback by Sakshi Malik 2 win our 1st medal in Rio.determination and self belief r the key for a performance like this.congratulation

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) August 18, 2016

#SakshiMalik is a reminder of what cn happn if u don't kill a girl child.When d going gets tough,its our girls who get going &save our pride

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 18, 2016

Poora Bharat is baat ka Sakshi hai,jab koi bht mushkil ho toh is desh ki ladkiyan hi Malik hain.Thank U#SakshiMalik pic.twitter.com/YfHgRqxwTM

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 18, 2016

Congratulations #SakshiMalik on becoming the first Indian to win a medal at the #RioOlympics #DilSeIndian https://t.co/mflmmiwAej

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) August 18, 2016

What great news to wake up to! #SakshiMalik, your resilience at #Rio2016 has made whole of India proud. Many Congratulations!!!

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 18, 2016

Well done #SakshiMalik on your achievement! Proud of you! #Rio2016

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 17, 2016

A great athlete performs when it matters most and #SakshiMalik did just that! Our 1st medal at #Rio2016 ,1st of many for young Sakshi.

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 18, 2016

Congratulations to #SakshiMalik on winning the Bronze in Women's Freestyle 58kg to give India its first medal??We are proud of u? #Rio2016

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 18, 2016

Congratulations #SakshiMalik .#Rio2016 #india pic.twitter.com/Eo2vBofSvm

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) August 18, 2016

Congratulations #SakshiMalik. #Rio2016

— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) August 18, 2016

Congratulations on your first Olympic medal #SakshiMalik. Very well done!! #Rio2016  #proudindian

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 18, 2016

Congratulations on your first Olympic medal #SakshiMalik. Very well done!! #ThankYouSakshi #Rio2016 #proudindian

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) August 18, 2016

Great news!!! Waoooo! Well done #SakshiMalik. #Rio2016 #Olympics. The nation is proud of u !!! ??

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) August 17, 2016

#SakshiMalik has made India proud.Wrestling in India gets another big boost.#Rio2016

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) August 17, 2016

Congratulations to #SakshiMalik on an incredible achievement!#BronzeMedal #Rio2016

— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) August 18, 2016