India's Geeta Phogat began her Olympic campaign on a dismal note as she lost her first round bout against world number two Tonya Lynn Verbeeek of Canada in the women's freestyle 55kg category at ExCel Arena here today. The 23-year-old Geeta, gold-medallist in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, went down to the Canadian who recorded a 3-1 victory. Both grapplers started cautiously in the first period but Verbeek -- who turns 35 next week -- managed to eke out a point towards the end of the period, though the Indian was in an advantageous position.

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