Pooja earns yet another couple of points ending the match, 11-5
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Pooja with a 4 point lead heading into the last 30 seconds
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Pooja warned by the Ref to decrease her passivity
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Tiacko again tries to go for Pooja's legs but misses. Pooja holding out strongly
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Pooja with a strong ground defense to avoid losing more points
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Her opponent tries to takedown Pooja and does so. 9-4
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Pooja leads 9-2
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Last 3 minutes remaining!
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Pooja with a move to pin her opponent but she holds on. Nonetheless, this move earns her 4 more points
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Pooja 5-2 Tiako
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The Cameroonian gets 2 points as she does the same thing to Pooja!
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Pooja earns another couple of points as she drops her opponent on her back!
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Pooja Dhanda takes 2 points right from the get-go
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Pooja Dhanda will be representing India in this bout
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The match is about to begin!
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Next up is Wrestling Women's 57 Kg freestyle semifinals. India's Pooja Dhanda will be fighting for a place in the finals in this match.
As the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games head into their final stages, there is still a lot of action to come on Day 9.
Day 9 started off on a positive note with Tejaswini Sawant winning a gold medal & Anjum Moudgil winning a silver medal in Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals
Day 8 was a good one for India in wrestling as all four wrestlers brought home medals. Rahul Aware and Sushil Kumar both won Gold, while Babita Kumari won Sliver, and Kiran bagging a bronze.
In shooting, Tejaswini Sawant won a Silver medal for India in the Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals.
Surpass
There was a lot of progress in Badminton and Table Tennis as well. Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, and H.S. Prannoy all advanced to the latter rounds of Singles category.
There was disappointment in Hockey, however, as the Indian Women's team lost 1-0 to Australia in the Semifinals. They will now face the loser of the other semifinal on a later date to confirm a bronze medal.
India will be looking to finish the tournament on a high as a lot of medals will be decided in the next three days, starting on Day 9
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