Amruta wins silver as Indian women end U23 Worlds with two medals

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Amruta Pujari settled for a silver medal after losing the women's 72kg final 'by fall' to Ukraine's Iryna Zablotska, as Indian women concluded their campaign with two medals at the U23 World Wrestling Championships.

Amruta was trailing 0-6 when Zablotska managed a decisive pin to seal the gold medal.

India's Sweety came close to adding another medal but lost the 53kg bronze medal play-off by technical superiority (0-11) to Ukraine's Anastasiia Polska.

Sweety had reached the bronze medal bout after edging past China's Xiaotong Zeng 11-10 in the repechage round.

Vaishnavi Patil, however, failed to capitalise on her repechage opportunity, going down 2-4 to Japan's Haruka Kobaru.

Komal had earlier won a bronze medal in the women's 59kg weight category.

The Indian men's freestyle wrestlers, meanwhile, endured a disappointing campaign with none of the five competitors in action managing to reach the medal rounds on Friday.

Vaibhav Patil was knocked out of the 61kg competition after losing his pre-quarterfinal bout by technical superiority (0-11) to Romania's Gabriel Whisenhunt.

In the 74kg category, Adarsh Patil bowed out following a 4-6 defeat to Japan's Toki Ogawal in the round of 16.

Amit's campaign in the 86kg division also ended in the round of 16. He lost by fall to Georgia's Tornike Samkharadze while trailing 3-4.

Nikhil suffered a similar fate in the 92kg category, losing his round-of-16 bout by technical superiority to Georgia's Sandro Kurashvili.

In the heavyweight 125kg division, Ronak Dahya exited after losing his quarterfinal bout by technical superiority (1-11) to Azerbaijan's Khetag Karsanov.

In a below par show, India have so far won just three medals in the tournament with Greco Roman wrestler Vishvajit More winning a silver in the 55kg division.