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Wrestler Reethika Hooda loses in quarterfinal

Reetika will now wait for Kyzy to enter the final which will give her a shot at competing in the repechage round

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India's Reetika (in red) and Hungary's Bernadett Nagy (in blue) compete in women's freestyle wrestling 76kg pre-quarterfinal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

INDIAN wrestler Reetika Hooda lost a close quarter-final bout against Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the women's 76 kg freestyle category at the Paris Olympics here on Saturday.

The wrestlers were locked 1-1 after six minutes of top-quality defensive wrestling but the Kyrgyz won having logged home the last equalising point as per rules.


Both wrestlers played a defensive game and the solitary point each was scored through passivity across the two periods.

Reetika will now wait for Kyzy to enter the final which will give her a shot at competing in the repechage round.

If she doesn't then India's Paris Games campaign will end with six medals and without a gold.

Earlier, Reetika displayed power and skill in equal measure while outclassing Bernadett Nagy of Hungary 12-2 in the pre-quarterfinals. (PTI)