In the event, three Indian wrestlers made an early exit and India failed to bag a men's freestyle wrestling quota. Two semifinalists from each weight division secure quotas for their country. There are no gold medal or repechage bouts, as per Olympics.com.
Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalakal's dreams of qualifying for the Paris Olympics were put on hold when the two Indian wrestlers were left stranded at Dubai International Airport due to heavy rainfall in the Gulf nation on Thursday.
The Ad-hoc Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday had announced the dates for the trials of the selection of Indian wrestlers for the upcoming Asian Championships and Olympic Games qualifiers. The trials will take place on March 10 and 11 and will be organized by th
The Ad-hoc Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Tuesday announced the dates for the trials of the selection of Indian wrestlers for the upcoming Asian Championships and Olympic Games qualifiers.
"I congratulate the players because our overall performance has been good... We have won 5 medals in wrestling and all of them are bronze. One of our players is going to be in the finals which means that a silver is assured... But I think that these bronze medals should have been gold," Brij
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat on Friday displayed a power-packed performance to defeat China's Minghu Liu to claim a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 57Kg category.
Indian wrestler Kiran delivered a solid performance as she clinched a bronze medal after defeating Mongolia's Ariunjargal Ganbat 3-0 in the women's freestyle 76kg category bout of the ongoing 19th Asian Games on Friday.
Antim scored five technical points in the first half and six in the second to win easily by 11-0 against the reigning Asian Championships silver medallist.
Gurjar also attended the Bhasma Aarti performed here. 'Bhasma aarti' (offering with ashes) is a famous ritual here. It is performed during the 'Brahma Muhurta' between around 3:00 and 5:30 in the morning.
Indian wrestler Panghal defended her title at the U20 World Wrestling Championships to claim the third gold medal for India in Jordan, while Sehrawat claimed the gold medal in the 57 kg category, defeating Kyrgyzstan's Almaz Smanbekov in the final clash of Asian Wrestling Championships 2023