World Wrestling C'ships: Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal headline Indian team

New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Olympic bronze medalist Aman Sehrawat and Antim Panghal will be the headliners of the Indian contingent for the World Wrestling Championships, which will be held from September 13 to 21 in Zagreb, Croatia.
The squad was chosen after selection trials. The trials for Greco-Roman and men's freestyle trials were held in Lucknow on Monday, while the women's bouts took place in Delhi on Sunday, as per Olympics.com.
Aman, who last year became India's youngest-ever individual Olympic medalist at the age of 21 at Paris last year, sealed his spot in the men's 57 kg category, beating Rahul by technical superiority in the final.
The 22-year-old Aman, who is also a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a former Asian champion, made his World Championships debut back in 2023, but his run ended in pre-quarterfinals.
Since his Olympic medal, Aman has played in just two international meets, winning bronze in the Ulaanbaatar Open in June and clinched gold at Yasar Dogu last month.
On the other hand, Antim sealed her spot in the women's 53 kg, without missing a point throughout all her trial bouts, right from opener with Pooja and the final against Hinaben. After an underwhelming Paris 2024, Antim will be eyeing redemption, something much better to show for than a first-round exit during the marquee multi-sporting event.
Antim is slowly making a comeback, starting off this year with a bronze medal at the Asian Championships and followed it up with gold medals at the Ulaanbatar Open and the Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial.
Also, the current Asian champion Manisha Bhanwala secured the women's 62 kg slot, beating Mansi Ahlawat 2-0 in a tight qualifying bout.
Deepak Punia, who was defeated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medal clash, grabbed the men's 92 kg spot with two big victories. The men's 65kg freestyle trials saw Sujeet Kalkal triumph. He is the current U23 Asian champion and recently clinched a gold at the Budapest Ranking Series.
Indian squad for World Wrestling Championships 2025
Women's freestyle 50kg - Ankush
Women's freestyle 53kg - Antim Panghal
Women's freestyle 55kg - Nishu
Women's freestyle 57kg - Tapasya
Women's freestyle 59kg - Neha Sangwan
Women's freestyle 62kg - Manisha Bhanwala
Women's freestyle 65kg - Vaishnavi Patil
Women's freestyle 68kg - Srishti
Women's freestyle 72kg - Jyoti Berwal
Women's freestyle 76kg - Priya Malik
Men's freestyle 57kg - Aman Sehrawat
Men's freestyle 61kg - Udit Gulia
Men's freestyle 65kg - Sujeet Kalkal
Men's freestyle 70kg - Rohit
Men's freestyle 74kg - Jaideep Narwal
Men's freestyle 79kg - Amit
Men's freestyle 86kg - Mukul Dahiya
Men's freestyle 92kg - Deepak Punia
Men's freestyle 97kg - Vicky
Men's freestyle 125kg - Rajat
Greco-Roman 55kg - Anil Mor
Greco-Roman 60kg - Suraj
Greco-Roman 63kg - Sunny Kumar
Greco-Roman 67kg - Anil
Greco-Roman 72kg - Ankit Gulia
Greco-Roman 77kg - Aman
Greco-Roman 82kg - Rahul
Greco-Roman 87kg - Karan Kamboj
Greco-Roman 97kg - Nitesh
Greco-Roman 130kg - Sonu. (ANI)