Wrestler Simran wins silver in Youth Olympics

Press Trust of India  |  Buenos Aires 

Indian settled for a silver in women's freestyle 43 kg category competition after she lost to of in the final bout here.

Simran, who had won a 40kg class bronze in the 2017 Cadet World Championships, lost 6-11 as the American registered a 'victory by points' to clinch the gold on Saturday night.

conceded a 2-9 lead to Shilson in the first period and that virtually sealed her fate.

The Indian produced a better show in the second period by scoring four points as against two by his American opponent but that proved to be too little, too late to have any impact on the result of the bout.

Shilson is the gold medallist in 43kg in the 2018 Cadet World Championships.

This is India's fifth silver along with three gold in the ongoing Youth The medals won by shuttler Lakshya Sen (gold), shooter (silver) and judoka Tababi Devi (silver) in mixed team events are not counted in the country's total medal tally as they had paired with athletes of other countries.

The other Indian in the competition, Mansi finished eighth after losing her classification match to of who received a 'victory by fall' decision.

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First Published: Sun, October 14 2018. 11:00 IST