U-20 Wrestling World Championships: India at Wrestling Worlds: India’s Women’s Wrestling team clinched the runner-up trophy as the nation finished second by winning a total of 7 medals. Antim Panghal became the first-ever Indian woman wrestler to win the U-20 World Championship title as she won the gold medal in the Women’s 53kg category by defeating Altyn Shagayeva 8-0 on Friday. Meanwhile, Priya Malik and Sonam Malik won silver, while Sito, Reetika and Priyanshi won bronze. Follow U-20 Wrestling World Championships live updates with InsideSport.IN
U-20 Wrestling World Championships: Antim Panghal creates history, becomes first Indian female wrestler to win gold at U20 Wrestling Championships
With all the top nations competing in the mega event, there is going to be huge battle for top honours in all the prize categories. Around more than 600 wrestlers are going to feature in Sofia for the meet.
The selection for the Indian team took place mid July, meaning that the wrestler shave got around a month to compete for their respective events. Some of the top gold medal contenders for India are Sujeet in the 65 kg category. He is unbeaten in three international tournaments.
India will also be expecting a good show from Mulaym Yadav, Sagar Jaglan, Jinty Kumar and others. If they have a good day, many wrestlers are capable of finishing in the podium.
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India squad: Free-Style: Abhishek Dhaka (Delhi, 57 kg), Mohit Kumar (Haryana, 61 kg), Ravi (Delhi, 65 kg), Mulayam Yadav (UP, 70 kg), Jaideep (Haryana, 74 kg), Deepak (SSCB, 79 kg), Jointy Kumar (UP, 86 kg), Akash (UP, 92 kg), Neeraj (Haryana, 97 kg), Mahendra Gaikwad (125 kg, Maharashtra).
Greeco-Roman Style: Anoop (55 kg, UP), Sumit (60 kg, Chandigarh), Umesh (63 kg, Delhi), Ankit Gulia (SSCB, 67 kg), Deepak (72 kg, SSCB), Sachin (77 kg, Chandigarh), Rohit Dahiya, (Haryana 82 kg), Surjeet Singh (87 kg, UP), Narinder Cheema (Punjab, 97 kg) and Parvesh (Haryana, 130 kg).
Women’s Wrestling: Priyanshi (MP, 50 Kg), Arti (Haryana, 53 kg), Manju (Haryana, 55 kg), Sito (Haryana, 57 kg), Bhagyashri (Maharashtra, 59 kg), Sonam (Haryana, 62 kg), Priyanka (Haryana, 65 kg), Arju (Haryana, 68 kg), Ritika (Haryana, 72 kg) and Priya (Haryana, 76 kg).
How many wrestlers are going to participate in the U20 meet?
Around 600 wrestlers are going to feature in the meet
Where is the U20 Worlds going to take shape?
The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia is the host city.
Can the U20 meet be streamed live?
The matches can be streamed on United World Wrestling Website
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