Young Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda couldn’t hold to a 6-2 lead, conceding four consecutive points in the women’s 76kg final to clinch a silver at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 while Nitesh displayed remarkable performance to add a bronze in the men’s 87kg category in Amman on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Reetika, who became first Indian female wrestler to be crowned U23 World Champion and youngest to qualify for Olympics, outclassed Japan’s Nodoka Yamamoto and Korea’s Seoyeon Jeong on her way to the gold medal bout.
In the bronze medal match, Nitesh clinched Victory By Suppression (VSU) over Amanberdi Agamammedov of Turkmenistan.
Mansi and Muskan also added to India’s medal tally.
In the 68kg, Mansi made a strong start to eventually lose the semi-finals 1-10 against China’s Zelu Li.
She displayed an immense tactical advantage in the bronze medal match to move away from getting pinned and quickly turn the tables to win by technical superiority.
Meanwhile, Muskan, easily overcame Philippines’ Arian G Carpio in her qualification bout but lost her quarterfinal to Japan’s Sakura Onishi. She was in total control of the bronze medal match against Mongolia’s Altjin Togtokh, winning 4-0.
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