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PARIS — India's Vinesh Phogat has upset Japan's Yui Susaki with a late takedown to claim a 3-2 decision in their 50-kilogram wrestling opener at the Paris Olympics. Top-seeded Susaki is a four-time world champion who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago without conceding a point. Phogat tore an anterior cruciate ligament during her Olympic quarterfinal in 2016 and left on a stretcher. She had never placed higher than ninth at the Olympics or third at a world championship event. She won her next two matches to reach the final, becoming the first Indian woman to do so.
