Young Anshu Malik was the lone Indian woman wrestler to win a medal at the Individual World Cup, grabbing a silver in the 57kg category, here.

Anshu, who has come up from the junior ranks, clinched her third medal at the senior level from as many tournaments. She lost the gold medal bout 1-5 to Moldova’s Anastasia Nichita on Wednesday night. She had won a bronze at the Asian Championship early this year in New Delhi and a silver at Mattio Pellicone event in Rome in January.

Anshu began with a 4-2 win over Azerbaijan’s Alyona Kolesnik and followed it up with 3-1 victory over Germany’s Laura Mertens in the quarter finals. In the semi-final, she outplayed Russia’s Veronika Chumikova, recording a victory by fall.

Another Indian, Pinki, also did well to reach the 55kg semi-finals, where she lost to Belarusian Iryna Kurachkina. She later lost the bout for bronze to Russia’s Olga Khoroshavtseva by technical superiority.

Narsingh falters

Among men, Narsingh Yadav’s return to the mat after a four-year doping ban ended in a defeat in the qualification round, while Tokyo Olympics-bound Ravi Dahiya suffered a surprise opening-round loss.

Competing in 74kg, a category where India are yet to achieve a quota for the Tokyo Olympics, Narsingh fought tooth and nail before losing his opening round bout 9-10 to Germany’s Osman Kubilay Cakici.

Both Jitender Kinha and double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar feature in the same weight category.