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India's Manjeet bags bronze in UWW ranking series wrestling event in Kyrgyzstan
Updated On: 01 June, 2023 10:29 PM IST | Bishkek | mid-day online correspondent
India`s Manjeet clinched bronze in the men`s Greco Roman 55kg category to open India`s medal account in the UWW Ranking Series wrestling event on Thursday
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India`s Manjeet clinched bronze in the men`s Greco Roman 55kg category to open India`s medal account in the UWW Ranking Series wrestling event on Thursday. He lost to Ikhtiyor Botirov of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals with the latter notching up victory by superiority (VSU1, 13-4). But, since Botirov reached the final, Manjeet got a chance to fight for one of the two bronze medals.
The Indian beat Yersin Abyir of Kazakhstan 14-9 via VPO1 (winner with no technical superiority but the loser scores atleast 1 point) to grab a bronze on the opening day of competitions. Kazakhstan`s Marlan Mukashev beat Botirov in the gold medal bout.
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