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Indian Wrestler Amruta Pujari Secures Silver at World Championships
18 Oct
Summary
- Amruta Pujari won silver in women's 72kg at U23 World Wrestling Championships.
- India's women's wrestling team concluded with two medals.
- Greco-Roman wrestler Vishvajit More also secured a silver medal.
Amruta Pujari secured a silver medal in the U23 World Wrestling Championships on Saturday after a final bout loss in the women's 72kg category to Ukraine's Iryna Zablotska. This result concluded the Indian women's participation, bringing their total medal count from the competition to two.
India's women's campaign saw contributions from Komal, who clinched a bronze medal in the 59kg weight category. Other Indian women wrestlers, Sweety, and Vaishnavi Patil, were unable to secure medals in their respective bouts.
The Indian men's freestyle wrestlers did not achieve success in reaching medal rounds. Greco-Roman wrestler Vishvajit More added to India's tally by winning a silver medal in the 55kg division, bringing India's total medal count to three in the championships.
