The Tokyo Olympic bronze medal winner was granted ₹1.76 lakh to support his foreign exposure training by the Sports ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
Olympics silver medallist Ravi conveyed to the Wrestling Federation of India that he will prefer to train under Indian coaches instead of hiring a personal coach from abroad.
All eyes were on Vinesh, who was suspended by the WFI earlier this month for indiscipline before being let off with a warning, but she looked vulnerable from the beginning.
She won the bronze medal by defeating Natalia Varkina of Belarus 7-3 in the women's 50kg category last week.
Sanju Devi had managed comeback wins in her previous bouts but Friday was not her day as Russia's Alina Kasabieva took the gold with a technical superiority win.
Simran (50kg) and Sito (55kg) won bronze medals to add to India's tally but Arju forfeited her 68kg bronze play-off due to injury.
A tenacious Sanju Devi (62kg) and a confident Saneh (72kg) entered the semifinals of the junior wrestling world championships while Bhateri also joined them in the last-four stage.
Bipasha emerged as a surprise finalist in the women's 76kg to keep India's gold medal hopes alive at the junior world wrestling championship.
Despite the loss, it was a creditable performance from Ravinder, who had won gold at the South Asian Games in 2016 and also a bronze at the Cadet Asian Championships in 2014.
One of India's biggest medal prospects at the Rio Olympics, Vinesh's campaign ended in agony in the quarterfinals of the women's 48kg freestyle category after suffering a career-threatening knee injury.
Phogat made a sensational comeback to win a gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Jakarta Asian Games has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year.
Bajrang is the lone male Indian to figure in top-10 but the country has five female wrestlers who are in the top-10 bracket.
The Haryana wrestler, who had won the gold at Junior Asia Championship in July, defeated Dmytro Gardubei from Ukraine in the semifinals to enter the summit clash.
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