Anshu Malik, Radhika secure silver; Manisha settles for bronze in Asian Wrestling Championships

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Apr 2022

At Asian Wrestling Championships at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Indian women wrestlers Anshu Malik and Radhika won silver in the 57kg and 65 kg freestyle categories today. Besides another grappler, Manisha clinched bronze in the 62 kg women's freestyle category.

Defending champion Anshu had won all three of her bouts by technical superiority as she had made her way to the final. However, in the last summit, she lost the gold medal match 0-4 via fall to Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan.

Radhika won three of her four bouts in the 65kg category. The only match that she lost was against the eventual gold medallist who is Japan's, Miya Morikawa.

Manisha defeated Korea's Hanbit Lee 4-2 via fall in the 62kg to win the bronze medal in the playoff. 

Sources : News on Air