Sakshi Malik: How I became one of only five Indian women to win an Olympic medal

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Wrestler Sakshi Malik became one of only five Indian women ever to have won an Olympic medal, winning a bronze medal in the Women's Freestyle Wrestling 58kg category at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. She tells us how she fought back in the very last moment to snatch the medal, and in doing so changed her life, and how she decided on her career as a twelve-year-old girl. Photo: Sakshi Malik of India celebrates with her coach after winning the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics