Wrestlers Simran And Sito Win Two Bronze For India At Junior World Championships
Simran's performance was anticipated owing to her promising performance on Wednesday. Reportedly, she first defeated Romania's Georgiana Lavinia Antuca by technical superiority without conceding a point. And later pulled off a victory by 'fall' in the high-scoring quarterfinal against Azerbaijan's Gultakin Shirinova.
Indian wrestler Simran bagged the first bronze medal at the Junior World Wrestling Championships 2021 on August 19. The young wrestler showed an impressive performance, having bounced back from 0-3 down at the end of the first period to win at 7-3. Wrestler Sito also bagged another bronze in the 55kg category event of the championships.
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Simran moved into the women's 50kg Semi-final with dominant wins on August 18. Wrestler Bipasha who participated in the 76kg also made it to the last four stages at the junior world championships along with Simran bagged the season's first bronze.
Another bronze, this time Sito with a dominant win in the 55kg category. Raced to a 11-0 scoreline, the bout lasting fewer seconds than a challenge from the Turkish camp that took forever to resolve. pic.twitter.com/ZONnVedw34
Wrestler Sito who is also the recipient of the Olympics Youth medal had a dominant win in the 55kg category. Sito raced to an 11-0 scoreline, the bout lasted for few seconds.
Simran At The World Championships Pre-Finals
Simran's victory was expected owing to her promising performance on Wednesday. She first defeated Romania's Georgiana Lavinia Antuca by technical superiority without conceding a point. And later pulled off a victory by 'fall' in the high-scoring quarterfinal against Azerbaijan's Gultakin Shirinova.
The quarterfinal event was fast with moves and counter moves across the two periods. Eventually, Simran got hold of Shirinova for a pin as she was leading 18-8.
Bipasha who initially started slow managed a 6-3 win over Kazakhstan's Dilnaz Mulkinova.
Unfortunately, Kusum (59kg), Arju (68kg) and Sito lost their respective quarterfinals.
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Meanwhile, wrestler Yash, participating in the 74kg category, scored a 9-2 win over Armenia's Armen Musikyan to advance to the bronze play-off in the men's freestyle competition.
Anirudh participating in the 125kg category and Pruthivraj Babasaheb Patil participating in the 92kg category defeated Hungary's Csaba Ubornyak and Uzbekistan's Mukhammadrasul Rakhimov respectively. They also advanced to the bronze medal rounds, according to news agency PTI.
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