{
  "id": 17091209,
  "title": "Manisha Enters 59kg Final, Tanu Claims 72kg Bronze At World Championships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/manisha-enters-59kg-final-tanu-claims-72kg-bronze-at-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T16:28:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/manisha-enters-59kg-final-tanu-claims-72kg-bronze-at-world-championships"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indian wrestler Manisha Bhanwala advanced to the 59kg final at the World Championships, while Tanu Sharma secured a bronze medal in the 72kg category. Manisha won her semi-final match against Mongolia’s Bolortuya Khurelkhuu, setting herself up for a gold medal bout against USA's Abigail Elizabeth Nette on Friday. Manisha had begun her campaign with a convincing 6-2 win against Canada’s Laurence Beauregard in the pre-quarterfinals.\n\nTanu Sharma claimed the bronze in the 72kg weight class with a hard-fought 9-5 victory over USA’s Precious Rosanna Bell in the third-place play-off. Ahilya Shinde was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 55kg category after losing 6-9 to Turkiye’s Tuba Demir. In men’s freestyle wrestling, Vicky Hooda kept his medal hopes alive in the 97kg category, despite losing his quarter-final match 2-12 to Japan’s Arash Yoshida. Vicky was put into the repechage round after the Japanese grappler also reached the final. Sujeet Kalkal’s campaign in the 65kg division came to an end after he lost his quarter-final bout 3-3 on criteria to Abdulmazhid Kudiev.",
  "summary": "Astana, October 29th, 2026: Indian wrestler Manisha Bhanwala delivered a standout performance to reach the 59kg final, while Tanu Sharma clinched a bronze medal in the 72kg category at the World Championships here on Thursday. Manisha assured India a silver medal after defeating Mongolia’s Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the semi-finals. She will take on USA's Abigail Elizabeth Nette in the gold medal…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}