Asian Wrestling Championships: Nisha wins silver, Priya gets bronze

Indian wrestlers Nisha Dahiya and Priya on Tuesday won silver and bronze medals in their respective weight categories at the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Nisha, a bronze medalist at the U23 World Championships in the 65kg category last year, competed in the 68kg category in the Kazakh event. She started her day with a 10–10 victory over the previous edition’s bronze medalist Delgerma Enkhsaikhan of Mongolia in the quarter-finals and then later came from behind to beat Asian Games champion and Olympian Feng of China. Defeated Zhou. Gold medal match according to Olympic.com.

But Ami Ishii, a highly rated young Japanese talent and 2022 World Championships silver medalist proved too strong for the Indian. Ishi won the match and walked away with the gold while Nisha had to settle for the silver. In the women’s competition, Priya, competing in the 76kg category, beat Chinese Taipei’s Hui Tse Chang 2-1 to advance to the qualification stage. But she lost to Aperi Kazi of Kyrgyzstan in the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old Indian entered the repechage round after Kazi reached the final.

In the bronze medal match, U17 world champion Priya defeated Japan’s Mizuki Nagashima 2-1 to win the bronze medal. With these two medals, India’s medal tally in the championship has increased to six. In the previous days, Greco-Roman wrestler Rupin (55kg) won silver while Neeraj (63kg), Vikas (72kg) and Sunil Kumar (87kg) won bronze medals. Neelam (50kg), Seeto (55kg) and Sarita Mor (59kg) were the three other women competing on Tuesday but failed to clinch a medal.

Neelam won her quarterfinal bout against Elada Makhydinova of Kazakhstan via fall, but lost to eventual gold medalist Remina Yoshimoto of Japan in the semi-finals. In the bronze medal match, China’s Jiki Feng defeated Neelam on technical superiority. Sito crashed out of the competition after a first round loss to former U23 Asian champion Marina Sedneva of Kazakhstan. Two-time Asian champion and last year’s bronze medalist Sarita lost two of her three rounds and failed to qualify for the medal bout.

Though Sarita started well with a 4-1 win over 2021 Asian Championship silver medalist Bolortuya Khurelkhu of Mongolia, defeats to Japan’s Yui Sakano and China’s Zhuomlaga in the finals ended her campaign in Astana. The remaining five Indian women wrestlers – reigning U-20 world champion Anushil Paghal (53kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg) and Ritika Hooda (72kg) – will fight on Wednesday. Indian women wrestlers had won two silver and three bronze medals in the competition held in Mongolia last year. The championship began on 9 April in Astana and will end on 14 April.

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