U-17 World Championships: Kajal Becomes Fifth Indian Woman To Win Gold; Shrutika Bags Silver

Extending India's domination of the women's event at the Under-17 World Championship, Kajal became the fifth wrestler from the country to bag the title in the ongoing edition with her commanding 9-2 win over Ukraine's Oleksandra Rybak in the 69kg weight category, in Amman on Saturday. (More Sports News)

However, Shrutika had to be content with a silver after being outwitted by Japan's Yuu Katsume, who finished the 46kg gold medal bout in mere 40 seconds.

Raj Bala grabbed bronze in 40kg with a 11-5 win over Japan's Monaka Umekawa, while Muskan outplayed USA's Isabella Gonzales by technical superiority in the 53kg bronze play-off to add to India's tally. Rajnita though lost the women's 61kg bronze play-off 'by fall' to Azerbaijan's Hiunai Hurbanova. She was the only one to miss out on a medal in an extremely successful edition for Indian women.

Indian women signed off with eight medals, including five gold, one silver and three bronze.

Aditi Kumari (43kg), Neha (57kg), Pulkit (65kg) and Mansi Lather (73kg) had won titles in their respective categories on Friday.

Katsume got hold of the Indian with a double leg attack at the start. She did not let Shrutika get out of her grip, creating point-scoring moves -- expose and gut-wrench -- one after another to claim the title.