Sakshi Malik beats Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 to win India's first Rio 2016 Olympic medal, a Bronze

Rio 2016: Sakshi Malik beats Aisuluu Tynybekova to win bronze, becomes first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic bronze medal

After a gritty performance at the 58kg women's wrestling category she won bronze, becoming the first Indian



female wrestler and the fourth Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

"I never thought I would become the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal in wrestling," she told  "I hope the remaining wrestlers will also do well."