Pontevedra [Spain], October 21 (ANI): India’s medal rush on the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022 continued with Ankush Panghal profitable silver within the ladies’s 50kg class and Mansi Ahlawat bagging a bronze within the ladies’s 59kg occasion in Pontevedra, Spain, on Thursday.
India have now bagged 5 medals, one silver and 4 bronze, on the age-group worlds in Cairo. The three different bronze medals have been confirmed by Greco-Roman grapplers over the primary couple of days.
After defeating Snizhana Onufriieva of Ukraine by technical superiority in her first bout, Ankush Panghal, who grew to become the U20 Asian champion earlier this yr within the 57kg, defeated Germany’s Ersel Lisa in a similar way within the quarter-finals.
The Indian wrestler seemed to be up for a extra inflexible problem within the semis in opposition to Egypt’s Nada Medani Ashour Abdalla Mohamed however ultimately tacked the previous African champion to make the gold medal bout.
Up in opposition to Japan’s Yui Susaki, the Tokyo Olympic champion within the class and a world champion, Ankush struggled to make any inroads and suffered a defeat within the match by fall in just below two minutes. The Japanese wrestler caught Ankush in a leg lock early on and dominated the bout from there on out.
The victory additionally noticed Yui Susaki develop into the primary wrestler in historical past to finish the wrestling Grand Slam – profitable gold medals throughout all main competitions within the sport. (ANI)