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Wrestling: Panghal shocks world champ Parrish, but loses in semis
Updated On: 21 September, 2023 09:10 AM IST | Belgrade | PTI
Panghal, the 53kg grappler, lost the semi-final bout to World No. 23 Vanesa Kaladzinskaya—a Belarusian competing as a neutral athlete—on technical points 5-4
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Antim Panghal. Pic/Sai Media
Antim Panghal shocked reigning champion Olivia Dominique Parrish en route to the World Championship semi-finals, but the young grappler’s giant-killing run was halted in the last-four stage, leaving her fighting for a bronze medal and a Paris Olympic quota place here on Wednesday.
Panghal, the 53kg grappler, lost the semi-final bout to World No. 23 Vanesa Kaladzinskaya—a Belarusian competing as a neutral athlete—on technical points 5-4. But the Indian can still earn an Olympic quota if she wins the bronze-medal match or emerges triumphant in the bout between the losers of the bronze-medal contest.
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