Mumbai, April 5 -- Wrestler Reetika Hooda slips in a Haryanvi saying with some zest amid all her Hindi soft-spokenness. It roughly translates to third time's the charm, and points to her losing to the same seasoned Kyrgyzstan opponent in her two previous tournament outings.
The most recent was at last week's Asian Championships final in Amman, where two-time World Championships medallist Aiperi Medet Kyzy snatched the 76kg gold from the Under-23 world champion Indian's grasp.
"Gold reh gaya (I left the gold)," Reetika, 22, said.
"It was important to win gold. But I'm kind of happy with the silver too; also because I got to learn from it in the way I wrestled."
Kyzy, 26, had also got the better of Reetika at last year's Paris Olympics. B...