Asian Games 2018: Twitter explodes as Vinesh Phogat wins India's first women's wrestling gold at Asiad

Vinesh def Yuki Irie of Japan 6-2 in Women's Freestyle 50kg category to create history

Huge moment! @Phogat_Vinesh redeems the Rio @Olympics injury and wins the GOLD 🥇 in the 50kg freestyle wrestling 🤼‍♀️ at the #AsianGames2018 Proud moment for all of 🇮🇳

Gold Number 2 for INDIA.#IndiaAtAsianGames #KoiKasarNahi #TOPSAthlete
— Sourish (@TheElusiveEight) August 20, 2018

Same Opponents..Very contrasting results!Vinesh Phogat Vs Sun Yanan
Pic1 :Olympic 2016
Pic2: Asian Games 2018
Those few secs today where Vinesh looked like she had leg cramps brought tears in my eyes.. And then the manner in which she pulled the victory! Hats-off! #VineshPhogat pic.twitter.com/T8hTGBCOcw
— Indian Sports Fan! (@SportsFan_India) August 20, 2018

2nd GOLD 4 🇮🇳!
After winning a bronze in the last Asian Games & 2 gold in #CWG, @Phogat_Vinesh has helped bring home a gold in women’s 50kg wrestling at #AsianGames2018
For getting optimum foreign exposure #SAI has supported her training abroad.#IndiaAtAsianGames #TOPSAthlete pic.twitter.com/jlI8Bc98tx
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 20, 2018

GOLD 🥇 FOR INDIA 🇮🇳!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!#VineshPhogat bags the gold in women's of 50 kg freestyle.#AsianGames #AsianGames2018

cc : ⁦@BabitaPhogat⁩ you guys are something else! Too cool 😎
Congratulations to the family and India :) https://t.co/zDlqNigrY6
— Amrita Bhinder (@amritabhinder) August 20, 2018

@Phogat_Vinesh is BOSS !!!!
So proud of her, first Indian woman ever to win Wrestling Gold at Asian Games ! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️@FederationWrest @Media_SAI @IndiaSports
— Yashodhara Raje Scindia (@yashodhararaje) August 20, 2018

#AsianGames2018 have proved us that @Phogat_Vinesh and @BajrangPunia have emerged victorious as well incredible in the past few years. They've surfaced as the poster boy and the poster girl in their respective category. #IndiaAtAsianGames
— Hassan Mujtaba (@hassanmujtaba93) August 20, 2018

I am so impressed with @Phogat_Vinesh. She cried in pain today because of the cramp, and went on to win a Gold medal for India. Awesome!
— 👓 The Analyst 👓 (@bharat_builder) August 20, 2018

And she’s got the Gold🥇 ! Congratulations @Phogat_Vinesh! Proud moment! #AsianGames2018 @asiangames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/qELA2arPKI
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 20, 2018

GOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD !! This one is special !! After all that @Phogat_Vinesh has been through in the last 2 years !! Just MINDBLOWING !! And surprisingly nonchalant after the win !! #AsianGames2018 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳👏👏👏
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) August 20, 2018

That’s a true sign of a champion.U give them any stage and they come out the best of all. That’s what @Phogat_Vinesh has done Gold🥇 at @asiangames2018 Many congratulations for making India proud🇮🇳जय हिंद pic.twitter.com/Xs4y8HUZJ3
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 20, 2018

Remember @Phogat_Vinesh getting injured in Rio. She was crying out in pain. She endured. Fought back. Now she wins gold for India. She will now live success. The story of sport. Congrats to her and her team.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) August 20, 2018

GOLD ! What a takedown by @Phogat_Vinesh in the dying seconds !

She also becomes the first India woman to win a Gold Medal in Wrestling at Asian Games.
— Vipul (@Sporty_Baba) August 20, 2018

Second 🥇for India in the form of @Phogat_Vinesh, who displayed a flawless performance throughout the day.
In the final, she got the better off Japanese wrestler, Yuki Irie 6-2 in the final of the Women's freestyle 50Kg event. #AsianGames2018
— JSW Sports (@jswsports) August 20, 2018

GOLD FOR VINESH! She isn’t a Phogat sister. She’s the Phogat sister. Two years after her career nearly ended at the Olympics Vinesh Phogat becomes champion of Asia. Beats Japan’s Yuki Erie 4-1 pic.twitter.com/3Ltp4etoFo
— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) August 20, 2018

Congratulations to @Phogat_Vinesh for winning gold medal in 50kg.🇮🇳💪🙏
— Bajrang Punia (@BajrangPunia) August 20, 2018