Budapest [Hungary]June 9 (ANI): Indian wrestler Ritika Hooda won a silver medal in the women's 76kg category at the Bulyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial Wrestling Championships 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.

With fewer than six participants in the women's 76 kg category, the Nordic system was followed. In this system, competing wrestlers compete against each other in a round-robin format.

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Ritika, the U-23 world champion, has won three of her four matches. She lost to World Championship bronze medalist Tatiana Renteria of Colombia. The Colombian wrestler then won the gold medal in Budapest. Meanwhile, Genesis Risco Valdez of Ecuador settled for the bronze medal.

Ritika's success marked India's fourth medal in the wrestling ranking series in Budapest. Earlier, Aman Sehrawat won a silver medal in the men's 57kg freestyle category, while Antim Panghal and Anshu Malik won silver in the women's 53kg and 57kg categories respectively. Ace wrestler Vignesh Phogat was the only Indian to return empty-handed.

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Ritika began her campaign with a comfortable 8-0 victory over former world champion Justina Di Stasio of Canada.

In her second match, she lost 2-3 against Tatiana Renteria. Although he led for most of the match, he eventually conceded in the closing stages.

However, the Asian Championships bronze medalist bounced back and won twice in a row. He scored a convincing 7-0 victory over two-time African champion Zineb Saghir of Tunisia in the fourth round. He then defeated Genesis Risco Valdez 4-0 in the final round to seal his silver medal.

Ritika secured India's quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women's 76kg category of the Asian Olympic Wrestling Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The Budapest competition is the final wrestling ranking series before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Depending on their performance in Budapest, wrestlers receive points that count towards their ranking. The world ranking will ultimately determine the rankings for the next Summer Olympics.

India has secured a total of six quotas – five in women's wrestling and one in men's freestyle wrestling – for the 2024 Paris Olympics (ANI).

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