Geeta Phogat

Geeta Phogat to lead India women at Asian wrestling meet

The Wrestling Federation of India announced the squad, selected on the basis of trials held at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala. ...  

Indian women wrestlers finish fifth in World Cup

Grappler Geeta Phogat stood out in an otherwise average performance by the Indian team which finished fifth in the senior women's Senior Wrestling World Cup in Mongolia. ...  

Geeta clinches bronze at World Wrestling C'ships

New Delhi: In a historic first for Indian women's wrestling, the country notched up a second medal at the ongoing World Championships after Geeta Phogat(55kg) added another bronze to the one clinched by her sister Babita in Edmonton, Canada. With this, India's medal haul in the event so far stood at two, an improvement on the singular bronze that Alka Tomar had won in the 2006 China edition. India is...  

Geeta Phogat to spearhead India challenge at WC

New Delhi: A seven-member women's team led by Olympian Geeta Phogat will represent India at the 2012 World Senior Female Wrestling Championship, that gets underway at Edmonton, Canada on Wednesday. While India's lone woman grappler to have participated in the Olympics earlier this year, Geeta, will spearhead country's challenge in the 55kg weight category, veteran Babita Kumar will lead the fight in 51kg section, a release from the Wrestling Federation...  

Wrestler Geeta bows out of the London Games

London: Country's lone woman wrestler, Geeta Phogat crashed out of the London Olympics after she was blanked 3-0 by Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine in the repechage round two bout in the 55kg freestyle category at the ExCel Arena here on Thursday. Geeta was overwhelmed by the 31-year-old Ukraine girl, who started on an aggressive note to nearly pin down the Indian with her superior technique and strength. In the first...  

Wrestler Geeta loses but enters repechage

London: Despite losing her opening bout in the women's freestyle (55kg) category, India's Geeta Phogat is still in the medal contention after entering the repechage round where she will meet Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine. Geeta, who lost her first round match against world number two Tonya Lynn Verbeeek of Canada earlier on Thursday, entered the repechage round after the Canadian reached the final. According to the rules, wrestler who lost...  

Wrestlers keen to provide late sparks in London

London: Indian grapplers will join the Olympic action from Thursday hoping to provide the late sparks to the contingent's campaign which has so far not really lived upto expectation with the flop show of many of the serious medal contenders. The wrestlers had won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics Games through Sushil Kumar and will be keen to improve upon their tally when the freestyle competitions get underway...