New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Tanu Sharma clinched a bronze medal in the women's 72kg category at the wrestling World Championships in Astana, Kazakstand on Thursday. Tanu, who had lost Poland's Wiktoria Choluj 2-9 in the qualification round, steyed alive in the bronze medal race through repechage route as Choluj qualified for the gold medal bout.

In her bronze medal bout, Tanu secured her place on the podium with a hard-fought 9-5 victory over USA's Precious Rosanna Bell in the third-place play-off. Notably, Tanu was making her debut at the senior World Championships and capped off a great debut year at the senior level with a bronze in her first major international tournament.

Earlier this year, she had won the silver medal at the U20 World C...