It is India's 25th medal at the Olympic Games since independence in 1947.
Sakshi Malik poses with her bronze medal at Rio
Sakshi, who began training when she was 12, now stands as an icon for Indian women's athletes and what makes her story even more remarkable is where she comes from.
Bronze medal winner India's Sakshi Malik celebrates with other medal winners at the victory ceremony of the women's wrestling freestyle ...
Her bronze medal is a major victory over sexism in one of India's most conservative states, Haryana.
Bronze medal winner India's Sakshi Malik celebrates with other medal winners at the victory ceremony
Sakshi was one of three female wrestlers to qualify for the Rio Olympics
Sakshi Malik admires her bronze medal
hailing from the north Indian state where women have long been treated as second-class citizens and 'honour killings' and sex-selective abortions are rife
Sakshi Malik is presented bronze medal at the victory ceremony
In the build-up to the Summer Games, Sakshi had recalled in an interview some of the instances when villagers had sniggered and pointed fingers when she wrestled with boys
Sakshi Malik pose during the medals ceremony
wore shorts in a state where women are usually covered head-to-toe and confined to their homes.
Sakshi Malik poses with her bronze medal for the women's wrestling freestyle 58-kg competition
According to Sakshi, locals used to berate her parents when she was growing up
Sakshi Malik poses with her bronze medal for the women's wrestling
"It hurt a little and I wondered why people said such mean things, especially when I was so young, and made me doubt myself," Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik poses with her bronze medal
Haryana is renowned for its male-dominated village councils which control life in the largely farming region, issuing diktats to prevent women defying conservative norms
Sakshi Malik receiving bronze medal at the vectory ceremony in the women's wrestling freestyle 58-kg competition
Sakshi Malik receiving bronze medal at the vectory ceremony in the women's wrestling freestyle 58-kg competition
Sakshi Malik with her coach Kuldeep Singh, celebrates after winning bronze
Haryana has the worst sex ratio in the country, with 877 women for every 1,000 men, against the national figure of 940, according to the last official census of 2011.
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