Wrestler Ravinder settles for silver; Pruthvi, Yash, Anirudh bag bronze

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Ravinder settled for a silver medal after being outwitted by his Iranian opponent but Bipasha emerged a surprise finalist in the women's 76kg to keep India's gold medal hopes alive at the junior world wrestling championship here on Wednesday.

Making full use of repechage route, Yash (74kg), Pruthvi Babasehb Patil (92kg) and Anirudh (125kg) grabbed bronze medals as India finished their men's free style campaign with six medals.

In the women's competition, Bipasha managed a 6-3 win over Kazakhstan's Dilnaz Mulkinova and then comfortably beat Mongolia's Odbag Ulziibat 9-4. Meanwhile, Simran (50kg) lost her semi-final match by technical superiority to formidable American Emily King Shilson.

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