Vinesh Phogat wins hat-trick of CWG gold, pictures from the Birmingham Games surface on the internet

India continued their dominance in wrestling at the Birmingham Games. Celebrated wrestler Vinesh Phogat completed a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals by winning the women's 53kg freestyle wrestling. She beat Sri Lanka's Chamodya Keshani Maduravlage Don for a podium finish. Before this, Vinesh had won gold in the previous two editions of CWG at Gold Coast (in 2018) and in Glassgow (in 2014). Her golden win brought joy to the country as fans flooded the social media timeline with pictures of Vinesh from Birmingham. She beat her Sri Lankan opponent in only 2 minutes and 24 seconds with a victory to fall. The grappler from the famed Phogat household had won all her bouts in cruise control. With only four wrestlers competing in 53kg weight category, the medals were decided in Nordic format- a round-robin format unlike a knockout one in all other weight categories. With her latest victory, Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive CWG gold medals. Meanwhile, Team India have so far won 40 medals at the ongoing CWG, which include 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze.