{"id":7499,"date":"2024-09-09T07:31:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T02:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2024-09-09T07:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T02:01:30","slug":"wrestler-nethmi-victories-bronze-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wrestler-nethmi-victories-bronze-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestler Nethmi victories Bronze in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan promising&nbsp;wrestler Nethmi Ahinsa created history as she tired Valeryia Mikitsich to clinch a historic bronze medal in the 53kg weight class at the 2024 Under-20 World Championships Wrestling Tournament being held in Pontevedra, Spain on Saturday. This is the highest ever medal won by Sri Lankan wrestler at International level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nethmi&nbsp;hails from Sandalankawa who won a bronze medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Women\u2019s 57kg event; beat her opponent, neutral athlete Mikitsich by 6-2. This is her second international medal following the Birmingham Games in 2022, which marked Sri Lanka\u2019s first ever medal in the sport of wrestling at world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The freestyle wrester, who trains under her coach Suranga Kumara, beat Kazakhstan\u2019s Yengilik Kabylbek 10-0 in the qualifying round, and continued her fine form by beating Nikol Krasimirova of Bulgaria 10-0 in the pre-quarterfinals. Nethmi recorded an impressive 14-6 win against Liliana Kapuvari of Hungary in the quarter-finals, but lost to China\u2019s Jin Zhang 2-2, leading her to the bronze medal match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese athlete Jing Zhang beat Spain\u2019s Carla Jaume in the gold medal fight as Jaume settled for the silver. 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