Jakarta Aug 20 (IANS) Vinesh Phogat on Monday became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold after she defeated Japan s Yuki Irie in the 50 kilogram women s Freestyle final here.

Vinesh completely dominated the contest taking a 4-0 lead initially before stretching it further to 6-2 to pocket the yellow metal.

Earlier Vinesh hardly broke a sweat in her semi-final encounter against Daulatbike Yakshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she trounced in mere 75 seconds by technical superiority (10-0).

--IANS tri/kk/sed