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Sakshi Malik
One of only four Indian women to ever have won an Olympic medal, wrestler Sakshi Malik tells us how her success has changed attitudes to women's sport in India.
One of only four Indian women to ever have won an Olympic medal, wrestler Sakshi Malik has has inspired a generation to pursue success in a field they thought wasn't open to them. She tells us how she fought back in the very last moment to snatch a bronze medal in the Rio Games, and in doing so changed not only the trajectory of her life, but attitudes to women, women's sport and women in wrestling in India.
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