India’s Hansika Lamba and Sarika Malik settled for Silver medals at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia.
Hansika Lamba competed in the 53kg final but lost to Haruna Morikawa of Japan with a score of 0-4.
In the 55kg category, Sarika Malik, faced Ruka Natami. Sarika tried to use her strength for a push-out but was caught by the Japanese wrestler, who executed a two-pointer on the edge of the circle to take a 2-1 lead.
Despite the silver medal finishes, India had an impressive overall showing at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships. The country concluded the women’s competition with seven medals. Along with Hansika and Sarika, Nishu (55kg), Neha Sharma (57kg), Pulkit (65kg), Srishti (68kg), and Priya Malik (76kg) all earned bronze medals earlier in the tournament.
In the men’s freestyle event, Parvinder (74kg) lost his bronze play-off 2-8 to Japan’s Yoshinosuke Aoyagi. Other Indian wrestlers in the men’s competition, including Sumit Malik (57kg), Naveen Kumar (70kg), Chander Mohan (79kg), and Sachin (92kg), were eliminated earlier.Sujeet Kalkal, competing in the 65kg weight class, remains India’s biggest hope for a gold medal in the remaining days of the competition.
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