<p>Taking full advantage of small-sized draws, Manisha grabbed a gold and Reetika finished second-best in a three-wrestler competition, while battle-hardened Sarita Mor settled for a bronze as Indian women grapplers signed off with three medals from the UWW Ranking Series event here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Sarita did not lose a single point en route the 59kg semifinals, beating Turkey's Ebru Dagbasi 4-0 and Kazakshtan's Diana Kayumova 7-0.</p>.<p>The semifinal was also a close contest but she lost 4-5 to Ukraine's Solomiia Vynnyk.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/wrestlers-protest-is-changing-the-grammar-of-agitation-1221804.html" target="_blank"> Wrestlers’ protest is changing the grammar of agitation</a></strong></p>.<p>In the third-place play-off, the world championship bronze winner, defeated Kayumova again and this time by technical superiority and without conceding a point to win India's first medal in the women's competition.</p>.<p>In the five-wrestler 65kg draw, Manisha produced a dominating show by winning all three bouts by technical superiority en route the final.</p>.<p>She began with win over Kazakshtan's Irina Kazyulina and followed that up with victories over Gaukhar Mukatay (KAZ) and Purevsuren Ulziisaikhan from Mongolia without losing a single point.</p>.<p>In her final round match, she prevailed 6-2 over Ukraine's Yuliia Leskovets.</p>.<p>In the three-wrestler 72kg competition, Reetika won 7-0 against Italy's Dalma Caneva but lost 0-4 to Kazakhstan's Zhamila Bakbergenova to claim a silver medal.</p>.<p>In the 50kg, Neelam made an exit following a crushing defeat by fall against China's Ziqi Feng. Later the Chinese lost her semifinal clash, ending Neelam's chances to get back into the competition through the repechage route.</p>.<p>In the 53kg, India was represented by Pooja as Vinesh Phogat decided not to compete due to their protest against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/hard-for-protesting-wrestlers-to-qualify-for-asian-games-1224539.html" target="_blank">'Hard for protesting wrestlers to qualify for Asian Games'</a></strong></p>.<p>Pooja could not score a single point against China's Meiying Jiang, losing the qualification bout 0-4.</p>.<p>In the 55kg category, Sito, who is coming up from the junior rank, could not win a single bout and ended fifth in the six-wrestler draw.</p>.<p>In the men's freestyle competition, Deepak (97kg) and Anirudh Kumar (125kg) failed to reach the medal rounds in their respective categories.</p>.<p>India has so far won four medals from the tournament with Manjeet (55kg) winning a bronze in the Greco Roman competition.</p>
<p>Taking full advantage of small-sized draws, Manisha grabbed a gold and Reetika finished second-best in a three-wrestler competition, while battle-hardened Sarita Mor settled for a bronze as Indian women grapplers signed off with three medals from the UWW Ranking Series event here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Sarita did not lose a single point en route the 59kg semifinals, beating Turkey's Ebru Dagbasi 4-0 and Kazakshtan's Diana Kayumova 7-0.</p>.<p>The semifinal was also a close contest but she lost 4-5 to Ukraine's Solomiia Vynnyk.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/wrestlers-protest-is-changing-the-grammar-of-agitation-1221804.html" target="_blank"> Wrestlers’ protest is changing the grammar of agitation</a></strong></p>.<p>In the third-place play-off, the world championship bronze winner, defeated Kayumova again and this time by technical superiority and without conceding a point to win India's first medal in the women's competition.</p>.<p>In the five-wrestler 65kg draw, Manisha produced a dominating show by winning all three bouts by technical superiority en route the final.</p>.<p>She began with win over Kazakshtan's Irina Kazyulina and followed that up with victories over Gaukhar Mukatay (KAZ) and Purevsuren Ulziisaikhan from Mongolia without losing a single point.</p>.<p>In her final round match, she prevailed 6-2 over Ukraine's Yuliia Leskovets.</p>.<p>In the three-wrestler 72kg competition, Reetika won 7-0 against Italy's Dalma Caneva but lost 0-4 to Kazakhstan's Zhamila Bakbergenova to claim a silver medal.</p>.<p>In the 50kg, Neelam made an exit following a crushing defeat by fall against China's Ziqi Feng. Later the Chinese lost her semifinal clash, ending Neelam's chances to get back into the competition through the repechage route.</p>.<p>In the 53kg, India was represented by Pooja as Vinesh Phogat decided not to compete due to their protest against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/hard-for-protesting-wrestlers-to-qualify-for-asian-games-1224539.html" target="_blank">'Hard for protesting wrestlers to qualify for Asian Games'</a></strong></p>.<p>Pooja could not score a single point against China's Meiying Jiang, losing the qualification bout 0-4.</p>.<p>In the 55kg category, Sito, who is coming up from the junior rank, could not win a single bout and ended fifth in the six-wrestler draw.</p>.<p>In the men's freestyle competition, Deepak (97kg) and Anirudh Kumar (125kg) failed to reach the medal rounds in their respective categories.</p>.<p>India has so far won four medals from the tournament with Manjeet (55kg) winning a bronze in the Greco Roman competition.</p>