Reetika Hooda collects money; Mansi Lather and Muskan win bronze – Firstpost

The young Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda blade an advance of 6-2, conceding four points in the last 10 seconds of the 76 kg female final, to settle for a silver medal in the Asian championship, while Mansi Lather and Muskan won the bronze in Amman on Thursday.

Reetika, 22, who became the first Indian wrestler to be crowned U23 world champion and the youngest to qualify for the Olympic Games, outclassed Nodoka Yamamoto in Japan and Seoyeon Jeong in Korea on his way to the gold medal.

The confrontation of the summit was a rehearsal of the quarter -final of the Paris Olympic Games against Aperi MEDERI of Kirghizetan Kyzy. Reetika used an aggressive strategy, going for double leg attacks.

She lost initial points on counterattack, but made 2-2 with a withdrawal. During the second period, she made a movement at the edge of the circle to take an advance of 4-2 and consolidated it with another two-point pointer.

The gold was at hand but another aggressive movement, a double leg attack, cost Reetika, which again lost the point of counterattack. The two points have arrived in the last 2 seconds, do it 6-6 in favor of the Kyrgyz on the criteria.

The first for Reetika was Jeong, which she beat with technical superiority. She started scoring with a move and followed this with a single leg attack to add two more to her kitty.

Reetika finished the fight in a whirlwind when she took the hand on Korean’s legs and used the move of the “Fitley”.

Against Yamamoto, the U23 world bronze medalist, Reetika followed the same scheme and in the second period found a way to pin her rival when she had an advance of 6-0.

Reetika had won a bronze at the 2023 Asian championships in Astana.

Adding to the total of India, Mansi and Muskan.

In 68 kg, Mansi Lather took a good start, winning his opening fight against Sheng Feng Cai from Korea by technical superiority and was walking from Japanese Aami Ishii.

She lost her semi-final 1-10 against the possible gold medalist Zelu Li’s Zelu Li.

In her fight for bronze with Irina Kazyulina, the Indian teenager led 4-0 comfortably when the Kazakh took a step, looking for a pin. Mansi was a few centimeters to be pinned but used his immense force to get rid of the precarious position and quickly turned the tables to gain by technical superiority. Muskan (59 kg) easily defeated Arian G Carpio from the Philippines in his qualification fight, but lost his quarter -final against Sakura Onishi of Japan. Against the Altjin Togtokh of Mongolia in bronze qualifiers, Muskan gradually took a grip on the competition, winning 4-0.

In 55 kg, Nishu lost his qualification fight against Yuxuan Li, but the Chinese reached the final, opening the Route du REPTIONS for the Indian.

Capitalizing on the occasion, Nishu beat My Trang Nguyen from Vietnam to set up a bronze medal confrontation against the Otggontuya Bayanmunkh of Mongolia.

Ankush (50kg) also reached the lap after losing the opening fight by technical superiority to Japanese Rémina Yoshimoto, but conceded the match against Miran Cheon of Korea due to an injury.