World Wrestling Championship LIVE – Deepak Punia Ruled OUT: 2019 World Wrestling silver medallist Deepak Punia has been ruled out of the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade due to an elbow injury. He fractured his hand during his training in Michigan, USA.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) conducted a trial and selected Sanjeet as the Olympian’s replacement in the 86kg freestyle class, according to WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
Punia recently bagged the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, that concluded last month.
World Wrestling Championship LIVE: Big blow for India, Deepak Punia ruled out due to last minute injury, Sanjeet to replace him: Follow LIVE UPDATES
World Wrestling Championships LIVE – World Wrestling LIVE Streaming: Meanwhile, the World Wrestling Championship has kickstarted today in Belgrade. More than 800 wrestlers – both men and women – from across the world fighting it out in the Greco Roman and Freestyle categories. Tata Motors sponsored Indian squad won a Silver and Bronze medal at the 2021 World Championship in Oslo and will surely attempt to better the performance:
10 September – Greco Roman – Who is in action today?
- Qualification rounds & Semifinals for 55-72-77-87kg
- Arjun Halakurki (55kg)
- Vikas (72kg), Sachin (77kg),
- Harpreet Singh (82kg),
- Sunil Kumar (87kg)
Are you ready for the World Championships? We are off in Belgrade.
— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) September 10, 2022
Here’s the bout order for the morning session with four Greco-Roman weight classes.
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World Wrestling LIVE Streaming: The tournament will kick off with Greco-Roman wrestlers who will be in action first. Saturday (10th September) will see four Greco-Roman weight classes on Saturday before four more on Sunday. September 12 will have two women’s and two Greco-Roman weight classes. Tuesday and Wednesday will be about women’s wrestling with four weights on the mat each day.
Freestyle competition begins with four weights on Friday, three on Saturday and three on Sunday, the final day of the tournament.
India has fielded a strong squad with Wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia leading the fresstyle categories.
Indian squad is in good shape and great form. Most of them are entering World Championship at the back of winning medals at CWG 2022.
The Indian Squad:
Women:
50kg: Retrial to be held; 53kg: Vinesh Phogat; 55kg: Sushma Shooken; 57kg: Sarita Mor; 59kg: Mansi Ahlawat; 62kg: Sonam Malik; 65kg: Shefali; 68kg: Nisha Dahiya; 72kg: Reetika; 76kg: Priyanka
Men:
Freestyle: Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Pankaj Malik (61kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg), Naveen Malik (70kg), Sagar Jaglan (74kg), Deepak Mirka (79kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Vicky Hooda (92kg), Vicky Chahar (97kg), Dinesh Dhankar (125kg)
Greco-Roman: Arjun Halakurki (55kg), Gyanender (60kg), Neeraj (63kg), Ashu (67kg), Vikas (72kg), Sachin (77kg), Harpreet Singh (82kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Deepanshu (97kg), Satish (130kg).
Schedule
10 September – Greco Roman
Qualification rounds & Semifinals for 55-72-77-87kg
11 September – Greco Roman
Qualification rounds & Semifinals for – 63-67-82-97kg
Repechage & Final – 55-72-77-87kg
12 September
Greco Roman
Qualification rounds & Semifinal – 60-130kg
Repechage – 63-67-82-97kg
Finals – 63-67-82-97kg
Women’s Wrestling
Qualification rounds & Semifinal – 55-62kg
13 September
Women’s Wrestling
Qualification rounds & Semifinal – 50-53-65-76kg
Repechage & Finals – 55-62kg
Greco Roman
Repechage & Finals – 60-130kg / WW –
14 September
Women’s Wrestling
Qualification rounds & Semi Finals – 57-59-68-72kg
Repechage & Finals – 50-53-65-76kg
15 September – Freestyle
Qualification rounds & Semi Finals– 70-79-86-125kg
Repechage & Finals – 57-59-68-72kg
16 September – Freestyle
Qualification rounds & Semi Finals – 57-74-92kg
Repechage & Finals – 70-79-86-125kg
17 September – Freestyle
Qualification rounds & Semi Finals – 61-65-97kg
Repechage & Finals – 57-74-92kg
18 September – Freestyle
Repechage & Finals – 61-65-97kg
In the men’s fresstyle 57kg, World Champio Thomas Gilman tops the field, however he will face a tough challenge from Ravi Dahiya, who recently won the Asiuan Championship and also won the Commonwealth Games Gold. Bajrang Punia who has made a good comeback after a recurring knee injury will eye a podium finish in the Men’s 67kg category.
In the Women’s Freestyle Vinesh Phogat who has come back to form is eyeing her maiden World title. She will face a stiff challenge from USA’s Jacarra Winchesterw ho won the world title in 2019. The top seed in this category will be Germany’s Nina Hemmer.
In the 62 kg category, Sakshi Malik will be one of the favourites, but she will face a stiff challenge from Japan’s Ozaki Nonoka who is a reigning Asian Champion.
As far as the team event is considered, Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestlers are in contention to win the title this year in this category as they miseed it last time at Oslo. They will also face stiff copmpetiton from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. In freestyle, Iran and the USA are strong contenders for the title. Iran finished third in Oslo, six points behind the USA. In women’s wrestling, Japan will be the favorite to win the team title with the USA once again trying to challenge them for the top spot. Meanwhile, China too enters the tournament after a gapof three years so a strong competition is expected.
Where to watch World Wrestling LIVE Streaming
The LIVE streaming of the World Wrestling Championship can be watched on the official website of the United World Wrestling.
