Las Vegas, Oct. 17 -- Indian grappler Amruta Pujari clinched a silver medal in the women's 72 kg weight category at the ongoing Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Building on an impressive campaign highlighted by two consecutive pinfall victories in the earlier rounds, Amruta faced a tough challenge in the final against Ukraine's Iryna Zablotska. Despite a spirited effort, the Indian wrestler went down 0-6 in the gold-medal bout, settling for a hard-fought second place on the podium, as per a press release from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Amruta's silver brings India's overall medal count at the Championships to three. She joins Komal, who secured a bronze medal in the women's 59 kg division, a...