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CAN ONE HOPE TOKYO 2020 BE DIFFERENT ? As the curtains came down on   the world's greatest sports extravaganza here, India goes back with one silver medal and one bronze -- consolation prizes for a nation of 1.3 billion people amidst dashed hopes of improving on London Olympics of four years ago, when six medals were won. In the beginning, top officials of the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) were hopeful that India would reach a double-digit in medals, an assumption which got shattered in the first few days here when athlete after athlete either did not qualify, or came up just short of a medal. It was women power, though, which saved everyone here, and the nation, deep blushes as at one stage it appeared the Indian contingent would go home empty handed. Sakshi Malik from Haryana won the bronze medal in women's wrestling and was given the honour to be the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony. P.V. Sindhu from Hyderabad ...

SAKSHI MALIK WON BRONZE FOR  INDIA`S FIRST MEDAL IN  58 KILO  WRESTLING IN RIO OLYMPIC 2016 BORN 1992 SEPTEMBER 3 Sakshi Malik  (born 3 September 1992) is an  Indian   wrestler  who competes in the 58 kg category. At the  2016 Summer Olympics held in  Rio , she won the bronze medal in the same category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics. She had previously won silver medal at the  2014 Commonwealth Games  in  Glasgow , and bronze medal at the  2015 Asian Wrestling Championships  in  Doha . [3] [4] Career [ edit ] 2014 Commonwealth Games [ edit ] Malik began her Commonwealth Games campaign in  Glasgow ,  Scotland  winning her quarterfinal bout against Edwige Ngono Eyia of Cameroon by a 4-0 margin. In the semifinal, she faced  Braxton Stone  of Canada whom she defeated 3-1 to assure herself of a Commonwealth medal. Her opponen...