Ritu won silver in U-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship

New Delhi, Nov 25 (PTI) India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg)clinched the silver medal in the Under-23 Senior WorldWrestling Championship at Poland.T...

New Delhi, Nov 25 (PTI) India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg)clinched the silver medal in the Under-23 Senior WorldWrestling Championship at Poland.

The 23-year-old, who had won the gold medal at theCommonwealth Wrestling Championship last year, lost againstTurkish Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout to settle fora silver.

In quarterfinal, Ritu defeated Bulgarian WrestlerSelishka 4-2 points before defeating Chinese Wrestler JiangZhu 4-3 points in the semifinal.

Ritu had won the National chamionship in Indore thismonth. She also won a bronze medal at the Asian Championshipsin May this year. PTI ATKATK.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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