Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Seema Bisla loses to Tunisia's Sarra Hamdi in Women's 50kg Freestyle

Published : Aug 6, 2021, 8:21 AM IST

Updated : Aug 6, 2021, 1:51 PM IST

The 27-year-old could not make her moves as Hamdi applied the body lock to great effect, never allowing Seema to initiate a strong attack.

Seema Bisla

Tokyo: Wrestler Seema Bisla on Friday lost to Tunisia's Sarra Hamdi 1-3 in the Women's 50kg Freestyle 1/8 Final here at the Tokyo Olympics.

Bisla couldn't capitalise right from the onset as her Tunisian opponent grabbed lead. She lost 1-3.

Debutant Indian wrestler Seema Bisla could not find a way to get out of the defensive trap of Tunisia's Sarra Hamdi and lost her 50kg opening round 1-3.

The 27-year-old could not make her moves as Hamdi applied the body lock to great effect, never allowing Seema to initiate a strong attack.

There hardly any moves in the bout with Hamdi getting two of her three points on push out and one on Seema's passivity.

Seema got on board when she too pushed her rival out after being put on activity clock for a second time.

The Tunisian later lost her next bout, which drew curtains on Seema's campaign.

The Rohtak grappler had not even won a national event till 2017 but went on to secure her berth for the Games by winning the World Olympic Qualifier, held in Sofia in May.