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Novi Sad (Serbia), Oct 25 (PTI) India will have to wait for its first gold medal as Hansika Lamba and Sarika Malik signed off with silver at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships here on Saturday.

Hansika lost the 53kg title clash 0-4 to Japan’s Haruna Morikawa.

She hardly made a move in the first period, losing the first points on Morikawa’s take down and was then put on clock for passivity.

Trailing 0-3, she had no choice but to attack but that never happened as the Japanese held her in strong head lock and then consolidated her lead with a push-out point.

Last year’s Asian U20 silver medallist Sarika was up against Ruka Natami, the 2024 U23 World silver medallist. She scored the first point on Natami’s passivity as the first period remained action less.

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