Young Indian wrestler Antim Panghal sailed into the 53kg title clash, scoring dominant wins over her rivals, whereas Anshu Malik will fight for bronze after struggling to breach the defence of Japan's Sae Nanjo, on Wednesday. The 18-year-old Panghal, who last year became the first Indian woman wrestler to become U-20 world champion, kept her nerves of steel by not conceding a single point on the moves of her rivals.

Panghal got on board with a take-down move that she initiated with a left-leg attack. The Uzbeki had the Indian in head lock position a couple of times but on both occasions, not only Panghal wriggle out with consummate ease, she also employed counter attacks at a striking pace to keep forging her lead. Panghal had begun her campaign with a dominating 'win by fall' against Singaporean Hsiao Ping Alvina Lim and followed up with a 6-0 victory in the quarterfinal against China's Li Deng. She is all set to fight for gold against the 2021 world champion Akari Fujinami and someone who has hardly lost a bout since she started competing at the senior level in 2020.