He defeated Rivera in the bout by 11-9. The wrestler, who recently won a gold medal in Commonwealth Games scripted a remarkable comeback to win the match.
Bajrang Punia, India's most successful wrestler at the world championships with one silver and two bronze, began the day with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Cuba's two-time worlds bronze medallist Alejandro Valdes.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a bronze medallist at the 2019 world championships, began the day by getting the better of Romania's Razvan Marian Kovacs 10-0 via technical superiority in the 57kg qualification round. However, the Indian wrestler lost to 2020 Asian champion Gulomjon Abdullaev of Uzbek
Four Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers, including former Asian champion Sunil Kumar, lost in their respective opening rounds of the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): A Delhi Court, hearing wrestler Sagar Dhankar's murder case, has allowed an application for early in the matter noting Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has been awaited for the last one year. This case is pending at the stage of argument on ch
Rohtak (Haryana) [India] August 28 (ANI): National-level wrestler Ajay Nandal's father Vijendra Nandal, on Sunday, in a complaint to the police accused Ajay's friend, Ravi of being responsible for his son's death. He alleged that Ravi forcibly overdosed Ajay with drugs in order to kill him.
The International training has been cleared under the Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) with Commonwealth Games Gold Medalists Deepak and Bajrang set to fly out to Michigan on August 23.
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Alison Brie revealed that her show 'GLOW' about female wrestlers was cancelled almost after two years by Netflix. And it still has a special place in her heart.