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American grabs women's freestyle 51kg gold
2007-08-23 20:05:00   Good Luck Beijing
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The "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 Junior World Wrestling Championships entered its third day's competitions today as Whitney Conder of the US outperformed Kumari Babita of India to win the title of the women's freestyle 51kg event. Bronze went to China's Li Xiao, who took the match in 47 seconds.

In the first round of the final, Whitney Conder and Kumari Babita double-leg held each other but it was the American seized the opportunity to score.

In the second round, Whitney Conder controlled the pace of the game thanks to her wonderful defense and secured the gold medal.

Li Xiao, who has trained wrestling for seven years, took just 47 seconds to claim the bronze via an inside crotch-hold against Dominika of Poland. The other bronze went to Kohut of Ukraine.

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