NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of a second wrestling medal on the Paris Olympics took a serious blow on Saturday after Reetika Hooda misplaced within the ladies’s 76kg quarterfinal match towards high seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy.
The 21-year-old U23 world champion put up an ideal battle towards a Kyrgyzstan wrestler however the bout ended at a tied rating of 1-1.
Nevertheless regardless of a tied bout, Aiperi was adjudged winner, inflicting a heartbreak for Reetika.
So, why was Aiperi declared winner regardless of a 1-1 score-line?
In response to the United World Wrestling (UWW) guidelines, in case of tied scores after a bout, the winner is determined on the premise of three standards.
1- highest worth of holds
2- least quantity of cautions
3 – who scored the final technical level
In Reetika’s case, the third rule got here into play the place the wrestler who scores the final level is asserted winner.
Within the tied contest, Reetika was the primary one to achieve a degree after Aiperi was penalised for passivity.
Later within the bout, Aiperi equalized, gaining the score-levelling technical level and thus successful the competition by third standards of the UWW rule.
The 21-year-old U23 world champion put up an ideal battle towards a Kyrgyzstan wrestler however the bout ended at a tied rating of 1-1.
Nevertheless regardless of a tied bout, Aiperi was adjudged winner, inflicting a heartbreak for Reetika.
So, why was Aiperi declared winner regardless of a 1-1 score-line?
In response to the United World Wrestling (UWW) guidelines, in case of tied scores after a bout, the winner is determined on the premise of three standards.
1- highest worth of holds
2- least quantity of cautions
3 – who scored the final technical level
In Reetika’s case, the third rule got here into play the place the wrestler who scores the final level is asserted winner.
Within the tied contest, Reetika was the primary one to achieve a degree after Aiperi was penalised for passivity.
Later within the bout, Aiperi equalized, gaining the score-levelling technical level and thus successful the competition by third standards of the UWW rule.
Regardless of her defeat within the quarters, Ritika nonetheless has an out of doors probability of preventing for the bronze medal.
Ritika’s destiny now relies on Aiperi’s end result within the subsequent bout.
If the Kyrgyzstan wrestler reaches the ultimate, Reetika will get the repechage spherical to get into the bronze play-off.
Whether or not Reetika will get an opportunity within the bronze play-off will probably be finalised later tonight.
