CWG 2010:India's Tomar wins freestyle wrestling 59kg gold

India's Alka Tomar raised the top when she took the 59kg freestyle wrestling title at the Common wealth Games on Friday, handing the home nation its second gold in women's wrestling.The biggest crowd of the week by far danced on their seats, jubilantly embracing one another and chanting the grappler's name as she took just one session to defeat Canadian Tonya Verbeek with a ruthless show of raw power.

Tomar had looked in formidable form coming into the final, winning her semi within a few seconds.Asked what have given her the energy for such an fiery start, she said: "Nothing. I just had a soft drink in the morning."Verbeek, the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling, had looked stronger, getting the upper hand in the opening exchanges, but it was Tomar who looked hungrier.

The wrestlers were evenly matched until Tomar formed a moment of magic which delighted the Indira Gandhi arena, shifting her weight and twisting her opponent onto her back to win by a fall.The stadium, almost full for the first time, rang out in a rapturous chorus of Slumdog Millionaire theme tune Jai Ho as the referee raised Tomar's arm in victory.