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14 Sep 2022

Vinesh Phogat creates HISTORY, becomes only IND woman to clinch 2 World medals

Earlier, Vinesh, a 2019 world championships bronze medalist, was handed a shocking 7-0 defeat by 2022 Asian championships silver medalist Khulan Batkhuyag of Mongolia in the qualification round.

World Wrestling Championships

06 Oct 2021

Wrestler Anshu becomes first Indian woman to enter World Championships final

The 19-year-old Anshu, the reigning Asian champion, controlled the semifinal from the beginning and won by technical superiority in the 57kg category to go into history books. Notably, only four Indian women wrestlers have won medals at the Worlds and all of them -- Geeta Phogat (2012), Babita Phogat (2012), Pooja Dhanda (2018), and Vinesh Phogat (2019) -- have clinched bronze.

World Wrestling Championships

24 Sep 2019

World Wrestling C'ships: Kiren Rijiju announces cash reward for medal winners

Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Ravi Kumar and Rahul Aware were the four wrestlers who ended up with the bronze medals in the prestigious competition.

World Wrestling Championships

24 Sep 2019

Happy with World Championships bronze, but want gold at Olympics: Ravi Dahiya

It was a two-point gap that cost Dahiya his semi-final bout against Russian Zaur Uguev, the defending champion who went on to win a second consecutive gold.

World Wrestling Championships

22 Sep 2019

Rahul Aware wins bronze, takes India's World Wrestling C'ships haul to five

Rahul Aware on Sunday won bronze in the 61kg freestyle division of the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.

22 Sep 2019

Want to train outside to prepare for Olympic gold: Wrestler Deepak Punia

He had booked the quota after prevailing 7-6 in a tense semifinal against Colombia`s Carlos Arturo Mendez at the World Wrestling Championships.

World Wrestling Championships

21 Sep 2019

World Wrestling Championship: Rahul Aware loses in semis, to fight for bronze

Rahul Aware had earlier in the day defeated former Asian champion Rassul Kaliyev of Kazakhstan 10-7 in a thrilling quarter-final clash to make it to the last-four of the tournament.

World Wrestling Championships

21 Sep 2019

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia secures quota for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

India wrestler Deepak Punia on Sunday became the fourth athele from the country to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after booking his place in the semi-finals of the ongoing World Wrestling Championship at Nur Sultan, Kazhakstan on Saturday.

World Wrestling Championships

20 Sep 2019

World Wrestling C'ships: Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar loses in 1st round

Praveen Rana--the another Indian in the fray--stormed into the second round of the prestigious tournament after crushing Sue Changjae of Korea 12-1 in the men's freestyle 92kg category.

World Wrestling Championships

19 Sep 2019

Kohli congratulates Vinesh Phogat following bronze in World Wrestling C'ships

Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the 53-kg category.

World Wrestling Championships

16 Oct 2018

Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik to lead Indian challenge at Championship

Four wrestlers- Bajrang, Kuldeep, Gurpreet and Harpreet- have been training in Hungary for more than a fortnight while the rest of the squad joined a week back.

World Wrestling Championships

08 Oct 2018

Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia to lead India at Wrestling World Championships

Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik and Asian Games gold medallist Bajrang Punia are set to lead a 30-member Indian contingent at the World Wrestling Championships in Hungary.

02 Sep 2017

System should also admit to fault: Vinesh Phogat on Worlds debacle

She however did not mention whether 'system' meant Wrestling Fedeartion of India (WFI), the Sports Ministry or the Sports Authority of India.

24 Aug 2017

Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat crash out of World Wrestling Championships

After three listless days, the onus was on Sakshi and Vinesh to end India's medal drought but both failed to live up to the expectations.

20 Aug 2017

Sakshi Malik spearheads Indian challenge at World Wrestling Championships which kicks off on Monday

India have had some success at the World Wrestling Championships in the past, having won 11 medals including one gold and two silvers.

12 Aug 2017

Bajrang Punia defeats Rahul Mann in trials, to represent India at World Wrestling Championships

Bajrang thrashed Mann 10-0 to make it to the final list of shortlisted players for the World Championships, commencing on August 21.

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