Nisha Dahiya looked set to secure a semifinal berth in the women’s wrestling 68kg division in her debut Olympic Games on Monday. She had scored a come-from-behind victory in her pre-quarterfinal against Ukraine’s Sova Rizhko 6-4 after trailing 1-4 at half time and looked in menacing touch while taking on North Korean Sol Gum Pak in her last-eight contest.
With Nisha leading 8-1 with less than a minute left on the clock, all that the Indian required was to defend her points. Right then, Nisha injured the little finger of her right hand and called for medical attention as she cried out in pain. The doctors strapped her finger as the 25-year-old from Haryana’s Adiyana village continued to fight. In between, Gum Pak sneaked out a point to narrow the lead to 2-8.
