Ankush Panghal wins silver, Mansi Ahlawat bags bronze at World U-23 Wrestling Championships

Ankush Panghal settled for the silver medal after being pinned by Japanese superstar Yui Susaki inside two minutes of the title clash.

Published : Oct 21, 2022 12:28 IST

Ankush Panghal (second left) and Mansi Ahlawat (third left).
Ankush Panghal (second left) and Mansi Ahlawat (third left). | Photo Credit: Twitter @SAI Media
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Ankush Panghal (second left) and Mansi Ahlawat (third left). | Photo Credit: Twitter @SAI Media

Ankush Panghal (50kg) and Mansi Ahlawat (59kg), the two Indian women wrestlers in fray at the World under-23 championships, have returned medals in Pontevedra, Spain.

Ankush, who went past Ukrainian Snizhana Onufriieva 10-0, Germany’s Lisa Ersel 10-0 and Egypt’s Nada Medani Ashour 8-2, settled for the silver medal after being pinned by Japanese superstar Yui Susaki inside two minutes of the title clash.

Susaki completed a rare achievement of securing all the World titles (under-17, under-20, under-23 and senior) apart from the Olympics gold.

Mansi defeated Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan 10-4 before being pipped by Polish Magdalena Glodek 3-2 in the quarterfinals. Mansi got the better of Swedish Evelina Hulthen 6-0 in the repechage contest. She got the bronze as her Latvian opponent Ramina Mamedova was injured.

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