Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has completed a hat-trick of gold medals at Commonwealth Games by winning the latest one at Birmingham CWG 2022 in the women’s 53kg freestyle wrestling on day 9.

Vinesh Phogat has defeated Sri Lanka’s Chamodya Keshani Maduravlage Don and finished on top of the podium continuing Indian’s dominance in wrestling in the current edition of Commonwealth Games.

For the unversed, this is Vinesh’s third consecutive gold at this multi-sport event. She had won gold in the previous two editions of Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in 2018 and at Glasgow in 2014.

Moreover, this time Vinesh brought her fierce side forward and won without conceding a single point. She defeated her Sri Lankan opponent in just 2 minutes and 24 seconds and for the majority of time her opponent was pinned on the mat.

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