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Kumar, however, lost out on the gold medal opportunity,
going down 0-5 to Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev of Azerbaijan in
the last-four stage to set up a repechage encounter against
Burca.

The gold in this category was won by Denis Tsargush of
Russia.

Earlier, Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar failed to
replicate boxer Vijender Singh's feat and lost out on a medal
opportunity in the elite event after losing the bronze medal
play-off match in the 66kg freestyle category on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, in the female style, India's Nirmala Devi
lost in the opening round of the 48kg category to Great
Britain's Yana Stadnik, while Babita Kumari bowed out in the
quarterfinal against Natalia Budu of Moldova in 51kg division.
PTI