India, Oct. 28 -- India's Kajal Dhochak (76kg) and Neelam Sirohi (50kg) ended their World Wrestling Championships campaign with silver, losing their respective finals in contrasting styles in Astana on Wednesday.

It was a day of high anticipation for Indian women's wrestling. It was the first occasion when two Indian women had reached the Worlds final in a single edition, while no one from the country had won a World Championships gold. The only other Indian woman to reach the Worlds final previously was Anshu Malik (57kg), who returned with silver from Oslo in 2021.

However, Kajal and Neelam could not make it count. Neelam lost to Japanese legend Yui Susaki. Kajal fought well against Ukraine's double European champion Anastasiya Alpyey...