Indian wrestler Nisha Dahiya, who was a strong contender for a medal, had to lose due to injury. She was heartbroken after the loss. After this defeat, Nisha’s coach Virender Dahiya blamed the North Korean player for Nisha’s injury.
India’s star wrestler Nisha Dahiya suffered an injury in the quarterfinals of the women’s 68 kg category. Nisha’s match was against North Korea’s Pak Sol Gum. During this match, Nisha suffered a serious injury to her right hand and she had to face defeat in the match. Virender Dahiya while talking to the news agency ‘PTI’ said that the North Korean player Pak Sol Gum deliberately hurt Nisha.
Dahiya said, “It was 100 percent intentional, he hurt Nisha intentionally. As we saw, there was a hint from the Korean corner, then he attacked near the wrist joint. He grabbed Nisha’s medal. The way Nisha started, she had a medal around her neck and it has been snatched away, Nisha was excellent in both defense and counter-attack, she defeated the same wrestler in the Asian qualifiers.”
Nisha Dahiya lost in 12 seconds after injury
In three minutes, she had taken an 8-1 lead. The North Korean wrestler then took Nisha off the mat to score and make the score 8-2. Nisha was injured with 33 seconds left in the match. The match was stopped and a band was applied to the arm. However, forming a band did not turn out well for Nisha. The North Korean wrestler took advantage of this opportunity to score four points in 11 seconds to tie the score at 8-8.
When there are 12 seconds left in the match. Nisha then started feeling more pain and the match was stopped again. Physio treated Nisha, but looking at Nisha, it was revealed that she was suffering from severe pain in her right arm. At that time she started crying. However, the coach told Nisha that she could still win. Had the score been tied at 8-8, Nisha would have reached the semi-finals. However, the North Korean wrestler scored two points in the last 12 seconds to win the match 10-8.
