Antim Panghal defeated the world no.3 Emma Jonna Denise of Sweden by 16-6 in a game for the Bronze medal in Belgrade.
India's rising wrestling sensation Antim Panghal lost her semifinal bout against world No. 23 Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarussia in the ongoing World Wrestling Championship in Belgrade, Serbia but she is still in contention to win bronze and earn an Olympic qualification for herself.
Antim Panghal upset the applecart of the reigning World champion Dominique Parrish in the first round route to the semi-finals in the World Wrestling Championships. Panghal is just one step away from confirming a medal for India at the worlds and confirming her spot in the Paris Olympics.
Abhimanyu lost his Bronze medal bout (70kg) on technical superiority to Armenia’s Arman Andreasyn 1-12. He played the bout after winning the repechage contest against Tajikistan's Mustafo Akhmedov. Notably, Sachin Mor gets a look into the repechage.
Abhimanyu, featuring in 70 kg free-style, caused a major upset by beating the world no.7 Ihor Nykyforuk by 19-9 to reach the quarterfinal on day 1 of the tournament.
United World Wrestling suspended WFI for not being able to hold the elections as Indian wrestlers won't be allowed to compete under India flag in the World Championships.
World Wrestling Championship: Bajrang Punia secured India's second medal at the World Wrestling Championship after clinching a bronze medal for India
Vinesh Phogat had earlier won a Bronze medal in the World Wresting championships in 2019. She had defeated two time medallist Maria Prevolaraki of Greece to clinch the Bronze.
Anshu had defeated junior European champion Solomiia Vynnyk to ensure India's first medal from this edition of the event.
With less than a minute to go and trailing 0-5, Pinki effected a two-pointer but Burkert did not let Indian make another move.
There are two men's freestyle international events scheduled in Poland (November 4-8) and Russia (November 7-8) but Bajrang said wrestlers are not keen to compete there.
India will be looking to improve their performance from the last edition where Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal in 57kg.
Rahul Aware defeated USA's Tyler Graff to bag bronze in Men's 61kg category at the World Wrestling Championships.
On Saturday, Deepak Punia booked his Tokyo Olympics quota by becoming the youngest Indian ever wrestler to make it to the final of the World Championships.
Deepak listened to the advice of his senior wrestler at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi and within three years bagged the big titles on offer in age groups.
20-year-old Deepak Punia has pulled out of the final of the 86kg freestyle division with injury, and will now settle for a silver medal.
Earlier in the day, qualified for Tokyo Olympics with a win in the quarterfinals.
Competing in his maiden senior World Championship, Deepak locked the quota after prevailing 7-6 in a tense semifinal against Colombia’s Carlos Arturo Mendez.
Bajrang Punia fought back from a 0-6 deficit to defeat Mongolian Tulga Tumur Ochir 8-7 in the 65-kg bronze medal bout in Nur-Sultan
On his debut appearance in the World Wrestling Championships, 20-year-old Ravi Dahiya clinched the bronze medal.
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