Sarita Mor
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YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS
2021
Retains Asian wrestling title
April 16, 2021: The Times of India
Sarita retains Asian wrestling title
Almaty:
Scripting a sensational comeback, an aggressive Sarita Mor reeled off nine straight points in the summit clash to retain her Asian Championship title in 59kg while Seema Bisla (50kg) and Pooja (76kg) settled for bronze medals.
Sarita, who won gold at the 2020 championship in New Delhi, trailed 1-7 after a botched-up challenge but turned it around with a tremendous fight back against Mongolia’s Shoovdor Baatarjav. Attempting a move at 1-3 on the edge of the mat, Sarita lost her balance, allowing her rival to get one point. However, the Mongolian’s coach challenged the call to get her ward four points. From there on, there was no stopping Sarita. She effected a takedown, following it up with an expose and then one more take down on the edge of the circle to make it 7-7.
At that juncture, time running out fast, the Mongolian camp challenged the call and lost that to give an extra point to Sarita, who won 10-7. “It was difficult since she is 2018 World Championship bronze medallist but I had prepared myself for this bout against the Mongolian. I lost to her in the first bout but I executed the plan in the final against her,” Sarita said.
Asked if it’s a consolation to do well in 59kg since she is not getting enough results in 57kg, which is an Olympic category, Sarita did not agree. “No, I am doing well in 57kg. I won a silver in the recent Ranking Series event in 57kg. It’s just unfortunate that I could not make the cut at 57kg Olympic trails. I am confident I would have done ever better. “I feel strong in both the categories,” she added.
Sarita had lost her opening bout to the same Mongolian rival by 4-5 margin but came back strongly in the next round against Kazakhstan’s Diana Kayumova, winning by technical superiority in the first period.
The lanky Kazkah had good reach but Sarita was agile and aggressive. After earning a passivity point, Sarita unleashed a flurry of moves, starting with a take-down and followed that up with a gutwrench and a couple of expose moves. PTI
2022
Wins record fourth Asian Championships medal
Sabi Hussain, April 22, 2022: The Times of India
India’s Sarita Mor became the first woman wrestler from the country to win a record fourth Asian Championships medal when the girl from Haryana’s Sonepat district clinched a bronze with a 5-2 win over Kazakhstan’s Diana Kayumova in the Ulaanbaatar continental meet in Mongolia.
Sarita had entered the competition as twice defending champion in the 59kg categ ory, having won the title in 2020 (New Delhi) and 2021 (Almaty). However, she faltered during her campaign in Ulaanbaatar after losing her opening two bouts against Mongolia’s Shoovdor Baatarj av (1-2) and Japan’s Sara Natami by technical superiority, which put her out of the gold medal contention. Sarita then recovered from early setbacks in her next two bouts and defeated Uzbekistan’s Dilfuza Aimbetova by technical superiority and Kayumova to win a creditable bronze in a tough field.
“I am happy with my overall performance but equally disappointed. It was a close bout against the Mongolian wrestler and could have gone either way. My next target is to win the selection trials for the upcoming CWG and Asian Games and bring gold medals from both the tournamen ts,” Sarita told TOI. Also securing bronze was Sarita’s teammate Sushma Shokeen in the 55kg category.
