Paris, Aug 10: India's final medal hope in wrestling Reetika Hooda, on entered quarter-final of the women's 76 kg freestyle event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
She exhibited good power and skill while defeating Bernadett Nagy of Hungary with a 10-0 result. The referee stopped the contest with 29 seconds left in the second round as Reetika gained a 10-point lead with the final score reading 12-2 in Reetika's favour.
Reetika will face top-seed Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the quarterfinal later Saturday.
India in Paris Olympics has won only a Bronze medal in wrestling with Aman Sehrawat clinching a medal for the third spot.
Earlier, India's Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before her Gold-medal fight in the 50-kg women's freestyle wrestling on Thursday.
