Young Suraj Vashishth gave a good account of himself on his senior World Championships debut, making the 60kg quarterfinals before bowing out, while Aman suffered an early exit from the tournament here on Friday. When other Greco-Roman wrestlers have struggled to make one scoring move, the U20 World Championships bronze winner and U20 Asian champion…
Antim Panghal (53kg) redeemed some pride after her ignominious Paris Olympics performance as she claimed a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb on Thursday and joined Vinesh Phogat in winning two Worlds bronze medals. The 21-year-old defeated Sweden’s Olympian Emma Jonna Malmgren 9-1 in a tough bronze medal match and earned India…
WRESTLING Antim qualifies for semifinals; Jyoti, Radhika eliminated Antim Panghal effected a decisive take-down move in the dying moments against China’s Jin Zhang to progress to the women’s 53kg semifinals, keeping India’s medal hopes alive but Radhika and Jyoti Beriwal were eliminated on day five World Wrestling Championships, here on Wednesday. Young Antim, targeting her…
Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat (57kg) and Worlds bronze medallist Antim Panghal (women’s 53kg) will attract the maximum attention among the Indian wrestlers at the World Wrestling Championships, starting in Zagreb on Saturday. Following a break after the Olympics, Aman returned to win a gold in the Ulaanbaatar Ranking Series. The third-seeded freestyler will…