Paris: Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda lost a close quarterfinal bout to Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the women's 76kg freestyle category at the Paris Olympics here on Saturday.
The wrestlers were locked 1-1 after six minutes of top-quality defensive wrestling, but the Kyrgyz won having logged home the last equalising point as per rules.
Both wrestlers played a defensive game and the solitary point each was scored through passivity across the two periods.
Reetika's hopes of featuring in the repechage round ended as Kyzy lost her semifinal bout.
Reetika had outclassed Bernadett Nagy of Hungary in the pre-quarterfinals. The referee stopped the contest with 29 seconds left in the second round as Reetika gained a 10-point lead with the final score reading 12-2 in favour of the Indian.
The burly Reetika gained a 4-0 lead in the first round after getting an early leg-hold followed by a flip.
The Hungarian did get a couple of points but the Indian was unstoppable in the second round with a series of two pointers.
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