Published 23:56 IST, October 30th 2019
Ravinder wins silver; Jyoti aims for bronze at Under-23 World C'ship
Ravinder opened India's medal account by clinching a silver in the 61 kg category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Hungary on Wednesday.
Ravinder opened India's medal account by clinching a silver in the 61 kg category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday.
Ravinder led till the end of the first period, but a strong comeback from Kyrgyzstan’s Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov ensured that the latter won the bout 5-3 by superiority of play. Ravinder did try hard and used a strong flip in the second period to get two points but that was in vain as he had to settle for the silver medal
Other wrestlers
Earlier, Jyoti (50kg) lost her semi-final bout to Japan’s Kika Kagata 4-15. She will now fight for the bronze on Thursday.
Jyoti (50kg) had earlier in the day made a fantastic start to her medal hunt as women began their challenge on Wednesday.
With a 6-1 win over Belarus’ Tatsiana Yafremenka, the youngster made it to the quarters, where she notched up a quickfire 12-2 win over Moldova’s Maria Leorda.
While Jyoti dazzled on the mat, the rest of the women failed to emulate her. In 55kg, Rani Rana was blanked 0-6 by USA’s Dominique Olivia Parrish in the qualifiers while Suman put up better efforts in her qualifying bout against China’s Yingying Wang, only to go down 4-6.
In 59kg, Pooja Yadav’s campaign was cut short by top seed Tiana Grace Kennett, who dealt her a 6-2 blow.
Updated 00:23 IST, October 31st 2019