India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg) clinched the silver medal in the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship at Poland.
The 23-year-old, who had won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship last year, lost against Turkish Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout to finish second on the podium.
In quarterfinal, Ritu defeated Bulgarian Wrestler Selishka 4-2 points before defeating Chinese Wrestler Jiang Zhu 4-3 points in the semifinal.
Ritu had won the National chamionship in Indore this month. She also won a bronze medal at the Asian Championships in May this year.
Another young Indian wrestler, Divya Kakran, came close to a medal but lost in the bronze medal bout. She lost to Danu Domikaityte of Lithuania by fall.
Here are the Indians in action on Saturday:
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