Budapest, Jul 19 (PTI) Heavyweight teenaged wrestler Priya won silver medal in the women’s 76kg class while Manisha Bhanwala settled for a bronze in 62kg category in the UWW Ranking Series event here Saturday.
Priya put up a dominant show, winning 7-2 against Kazakhstan’s Elmira Syzdykova and followed that up with a win by technical superiority against Valeriia Trifonova.
She fought hard against Brazilian Thamires Martins Machado but lost the final 3-4.
In the 62kg class, Manisha lost her opening bout by technical superiority and without scoring a point against Amina Tandelova.
She bounced back in the medal contention when Amina reached the final. Manisha won ‘by fall’ against Amelina Douarre in the repechage round and pinned Krystisna Sazykina.
With two medals on Saturday, Indian women wrestlers will return with six medals. Antim Panghal (53kg) and Harshita (72kg) won gold medals while Neha (57kg) won a silver and Neelam ended up with a bronze in 50kg.
In men’s freestyle event, Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) won a gold while Rahul (57kg) added a bronze to India’s tally.
Competition in seven Greco Roman categories will be held on Sunday. PTI AT AT PDS PDS
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