Xtra Time Web Desk: Bhateri (65kg) and Sanju Devi (62kg) had to settle for silver at the Junior World Wrestling Championships after they lost their respective finals rather tamely. Saneh (72kg) was stretchered out of the mat after enduring a knee injury in the bronze play-off on Friday.
Sanju Devi had managed comeback wins in her previous bouts but Friday was not her day as Russia’s Alina Kasabieva took the gold with a technical superiority win. The match was over inside the first period. Bhateri also failed to put up a fight and lost the 65kg final by technical superiority to Moldova’s Itina Ringaci. Bhateri’s strategy to play a waiting game proved to be a mistake as she hardly attacked.
Bipasha (76kg) had won a silver while Simran (50kg) and Sito (55kg) won bronze medals on Thursday. The Indian women ended with five medals — three silver and two bronze –in the tournament.
The men’s freestyle wrestlers had won six medals with one silvers and five bronze.
Courtesy: PTI