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India’s Freestyle Wrestlers add nine medals at U23 Asian Championships in Vietnam

India’s Freestyle Wrestlers add nine medals at U23 Asian Championships in Vietnam

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Indian freestyle wrestlers continued their impressive campaign at the U23 Asian Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam, with the contingent securing multiple medals on day four of the competition. Kumar Mohit and Chandermohan emerged as the standout performers by clinching gold medals in their respective weight categories, while India also added silver and bronze medals to strengthen its overall tally. Competing in the 65kg category, Mohit delivered a dominant performance in the final, defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Oskonbai Abdisamatov 12-4 to secure the gold medal. Later, Chandermohan edged past Kazakhstan’s Yerkhan Abil in a closely fought 79kg final, winning 7-6 to hand India another title. In the 61kg division, Deepak settled for silver after a tightly contested 4-4 final against Kazakhstan’s Nurdanat Aitanov. Another Indian wrestler named Deepak claimed bronze in the 74kg category with a commanding 10-0 victory over Turkmenistan’s Vatan Annairazov. India’s medal haul further increased with Kumar Punit taking silver in the 92kg division after losing to Kyrgyzstan’s Ulukbek Soorombekov in the final. Mor Sachin secured bronze in the 86kg category by defeating Boburbek Ruzimboev …

How Abhimanyou fought depression, injury to be crowned Asian Wrestling Champion

How Abhimanyou fought depression, injury to be crowned Asian Wrestling Champion

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Just two years back, Abhimanyou Mandwal was staring at a pre-mature end to his wrestling career. He picked up a devastating ankle injury ahead of the 2024 U23 World Championships and then slipped into depression. Yet earlier this month, Abhimanyou stood at the top of the Asian Wrestling Championships podium, with a gold medal around his neck and a wide grin on his face. He is the first Indian to be crowned the continental champion in men’s 70kg freestyle. “It was a very painful injury,” Abhimanyou reflected in a conversation with The Bridge. “It wasted year-and-a-half of my career and pushed me into depression,” he added. Having had a heartbreaking 5th place finish at the senior world championships the year before, Abhimanyou was aiming to redeem himself at the U23 world championships before the injury. He pushed himself to the limit, only to find himself locked inside his home for the next two seasons. The determination to dominate at the U23 world championships meant that he pushed himself more than he should have, training even …

Wrestler Sujeet Kalkal becomes world no 1 in 65kg in UWW rankings | Sport-others News

Wrestler Sujeet Kalkal becomes world no 1 in 65kg in UWW rankings | Sport-others News

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2 min readApr 17, 2026 11:07 PM IST Recently crowned Asian champion in the men’s freestyle 65kg category, Indian wrestler Sujeet Kalkal became the world number one wrestler in the latest updated rankings of the United World Wrestling on Friday. Sujeet, the reigning U23 World Champion, surged ahead of World Champion Rahman Mousa Amouzadkhalili of Iran and Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan in the rankings. Last week, the 23-year-old’s 8-1 win in the final over last year’s World Championship bronze medallist, Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov, landed India’s first men’s freestyle gold at 65kg since 2019 at the Asian Wrestling championships, ending a seven-year wait in a weight category considered the deepest and toughest in the discipline. Overall, it ended a three-year drought for Indian men’s freestyle gold at the Asians. India has won gold at 65kg just twice since 2015 — both times through Bajrang Punia, who went on to win bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. “Winning or losing isn’t in my hands,” Sujeet told UWW. “But it is my job to give my best …

Once a fan of WWE superstar John Cena, Meenakshi Goyat is now in the Asian Championships final

Once a fan of WWE superstar John Cena, Meenakshi Goyat is now in the Asian Championships final

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5 min readUpdated: Apr 10, 2026 08:42 AM IST A 10-year-old Meenakshi Goyat ran around her house wearing a t-shirt with a picture of WWE superstar John Cena on it. Fifteen years on she has emerged as a star in the real thing. On Thursday, at the Asian Wrestling Championships, Meenakshi set up the title clash with Jin Zhang of China in the 53-kg category, an Olympic Games weight classification. The wrestler from Haryana blitzed past Sabkibjamal Esbosynova of Uzbekistan and Seoyoung Park of South Korea. When her father Prem Goyat came to know about her daughter’s obsession with professional wrestling, he started to figure out where she could go and learn wrestling. “She got obsessed with John Cena after watching WWE on TV. She used to say that I want to wrestle like Cena,” Prem tells the Indian Express. That professional wrestling was a different kettle of fish didn’t strike Prem then. He and his daughter went looking for wrestling academies. “I had no idea that Pro Wrestling is different from what I am …

Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat leads campaign at Asian Championship as Meenakshi pips Antim Panghal for a spot

Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat leads campaign at Asian Championship as Meenakshi pips Antim Panghal for a spot

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4 min readMar 17, 2026 08:14 PM IST Paris Olympics medallist Aman Sehrawat will headline the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Wrestling Championships scheduled from April 6 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after the trials concluded on Tuesday. While the men’s squad was on expected lines, the women’s trials in New Delhi saw surprises with two-time World Championships medallist Antim Panghal losing in the 53kg final to Meenakshi while rising heavyweight wrestler Kajal stunned former junior World Champion Priya Malik in the 76kg category. In one of the most fiercely competitive women’s wrestling trials in recent times, Antim was having a good day until she met Meenakshi in the final bout. The latter, who recently won a silver medal in the same weight category at the Tirana Ranking Series, displayed sturdy defence and pinned the two- time U23 World champion, much to everyone’s surprise. This is the first time in three years that Antim has lost a bout on the national circuit. In fact, Meenakshi had lost to Antim on three different occasions during trials before …

Deepak Punia, Udit into final, Jaideep exits -Blog, Scores, Updates

Deepak Punia, Udit into final, Jaideep exits -Blog, Scores, Updates

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Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 Live: The final batch of five men’s freestyle wrestlers will be in action for India at the 2025 Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday. The Indian contingent has already won seven medals from the competition and will be aiming for the double digit today. Five Wrestlers – Udit (61 Kg), Jaideep (74 Kg), Mukul (86 kg), Deepak (92 Kg), and Dinesh (125 Kg) will be in action. However, on the first day of the men’s freestyle competition, the Indian wrestlers failed to win a single medal. But, the final day might open Indian’s account, having former medalists like Udit and Deeepak Punia. Catch all the live updates here: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Sujeet withdraws with injury as India fail to add to tally

Sujeet withdraws with injury as India fail to add to tally

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Indian men’s freestyle contingent had an underwhelming start to the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships as none of the five grapplers were able to make it to the medal matches in Amman, Jordan on Saturday. Indian fans were eager to watch the young and revamped Indian men’s freestyle team, which included the U23 World Champion Chirag (57 Kg) and the rising star Sujeet Kalkal (65 Kg). The 19-year-old Chirag found it difficult on his senior international debut and had a first-round exit against the former medalist Almaz Smanbekov of Krgyzstan. On the other hand, Sujeet started the day with a win in his opening encounter against a Palestinian wrestler, but then, in the quarter-final, he got overpowered by Japan’s Kaisei Tanabe. Tanabe found a comfortable gut-wrench position and took a solid lead with two turns from that position. This maneuver, however, hurt Sujeet’s ankle. The Indian not return to the mat and gave an injury walkover. Although Tanabe reached the final, Sujeet still could not compete at the repchage as he hasn’t fully recovered from his …

Manisha Bhanwala wins her first Asian title

Manisha Bhanwala wins her first Asian title

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Indian women wrestlers had mixed results on the fourth day of the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships, as Manisha Bhanwala won the nation’s first gold medal while Antim settled for bronze in Amman, Jordan, on Friday. Three-time Asian medalist Manisha Bhanwala reached the final of the women’s 62 kg for the first time and took that all the way to clinch her maiden continental gold against Kim Ok-Ju of North Korea. Maiden Asian title for Manisha In the final, Manisha started with an early attack to win a take down and gain a narrow lead at the half time. Meanwhile, Kim bounced back in the second round to take a good lead using a couple of shoulder turns. Manisha didn’t lose her hope and made a brilliant comeback to win two back-to-back take downs in the final minute and clinched the title, edging past Kim by 8-7. This was India’s first gold medal from the championships and also the first Asian title for an Indian female wrestler after four years. Manisha had a brilliant day overall, …

Sunil Kumar set to fight for bronze in men’s 87kg GR

Sunil Kumar set to fight for bronze in men’s 87kg GR

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Sunil Kumar was India’s only silver lining on the opening day at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan on Tuesday. Indian grappler stormed into the semifinal of the men’s Greco Roman 87 kg category with a dominant 10-1 lead over Tajikistan’s Abdulkhaev S. He later lost to Yasin Ali Yazdi of Iran 1-3 in a closely fought semi-final bout. Sunil, a medallist from the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, will now face off against China’s Jiaxin Huang later in the day. Sunil Kumar was among the five greco-roman wrestlers in action on the first day for India. Earlier, Sagar Thakran won his opening bout against Singapore’s Azman Bin but fell short to Jordan’s Sadeh A in 77kg weight class. Prem (130kg), Nitin (55kg) and Umesh (63kg) all lost in their opening round encounters. Prem lost to Iraq’s Ali Yaseen Talib Al Sharuee while Nitin failed to challenge Y Ro of People’s Republic of Korea 1-3 VPO1 in the opening round. In 63kg, Umesh’s bout lasted less than two minutes, losing a one-sided contest to …

Deepak Punia, Udit into final, Jaideep exits -Blog, Scores, Updates

Indian wrestlers set to begin campaign – Preview

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Indian grapplers are all set to begin their campaign at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan on Tuesday. The Indian team for the continental competition was selected earlier this month following a trials conduced by the Wrestling Federation of India just days after the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports revoked its ban. Five Greco Roman grapplers led by Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist Sunil Kumar will be seen in action on the opening day. Sunil, competing in the 87kg category, has drawn with grapplers from China, Tajikistan and Iran. He is likely to meet Uzbekistan’s Jalgasbay Berdimuratov, two-time World Championship medalist, in the final hurdle. In the 55kg category, Nitin will be up against Y Ro of People’s Republic of Korea in the opening round and has drawn in the same half of the World Championship silver medalist Pouya Dadmarz of Iran. Nitin was part of the Indian squad for the previous edition of the Asian Wrestling Championships. In 63kg, Umesh will take on Sultan Assetuly, first wrestler from Kazakhstan to win …