India's Vinesh Phogat claims silver after suffering defeat against N Malisheva in final of Medved wrestling event

New Delhi: Top Indian woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost to N Malisheva of Russia in the 53kg final of the Medved event in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday. [caption id=“attachment_6992091” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File image of Vinesh Phogat. Image Courtesy: Twitter @Media_SAI[/caption] The 24-year-old Vinesh, the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, suffered a 0-10 (technical superiority) defeat against her Russian opponent in the summit clash. The loss meant that Vinesh failed to win her fourth consecutive gold. She had bagged the top honours at Grand Prix of Spain, Yasar Dogu International and Poland Open recently. Meanwhile, another top wrestler of the country Bajrang Punia defended his title at Tbilisi Grand Prix on Saturday. Bajrang, who had won a gold at the same event last year as well, prevailed 2-0 over Iran’s Peiman Bibyani in the 65kg final of the men’s freestyle competition in the capital city of Georgia.