Zagreb (Croatia), Sep 16: India’s young women wresters expectedly struggled at the big stage as two of them were eliminated but the fate of Vaishnavi Patil (65kg) and Priya Malik (76kg) was still hanging in balance here Tuesday.
Ankush (50kg) lost her qualification bout 5-6 to Natallia Varakina while Tapsya went down 2-4 to Mexico’s Bertha Rojas Chavez.
Both Varakina and Chavez lost their next bouts, shutting the door on the two Indians.
Vaishnavi began well by getting the better of Latvian wrestler Elma Zeidlere 3-1 but lost 2-4 to Mongolian world number five Enkhjin Tuvshinjargal in the quarterfinals.
Competing in the heaviest 76kg weight class, Priya lost her 1/8 round 2-4 to Ecuador’s world number five Genesis Reasco Valdez. If Valdez wins her semifinal against her Cuban rival, Priya will get a repechage round. (PTI)
