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Young Itisha Choudhary warded disconnected a beardown situation from 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Pooja Sihag to triumph the women’s 76kg golden medal astatine the elder Open ranking wrestling tourney connected the Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya field here.
In a keenly fought last bout, Itisha took a one-point pb earlier Pooja levelled the scores. Itisha gathered 2 much points to reclaim her vantage and utilized her beardown defence to look the winner.
World under-23 bronze medallist Nishu posted a 9-3 triumph implicit Himanshi to instrumentality the 53kg crown.
In 57kg, wherever Vinesh Phogat had registered but could not enactment aft being rendered ineligible by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), World under-20 metallic medallist Reena emerged arsenic the champion. In a one-sided final, Reena recorded a 10-2 triumph implicit Kajal Choudhary.
World championships subordinate Vaishnavi Patil (62kg) defeated Anjali 8-6 to assertion the yellowish metallic successful different Olympic value class.
The results (finals): Women: 50kg: Ankush (Har) bt Rachana (Har) 4-3; 53kg: Nishu (Har) bt Himanshi (Har) 9-3; 55kg: Nisha (Har) bt Naina (Har) 10-8; 57kg: Reena (Har) bt Kajal Choudhary (U.P.) 10-2; 59kg: Sito (Har) bt Simran (Har) 10-2; 62kg: Vaishnavi Patil (Mah) bt Anjali (Har) 8-6; 65kg: Anjali (Chd) bt Dishun (Har) 10-0; 68kg: Anshu (Har) bt Bhateri (SSCB) 16-6; 72kg: Bipasha (Del) bt Riya Kaushik (Har) by fall; 76kg: Itisha Choudhary (UP) bt Pooja (Har) 3-1.
