In the match against Uzbekistan's Sardorbek Kholmatov in the 125kg men's freestyle category, Anirudh won clearly by technical superiority 12-2 to achieve his bronze medal, as per Olympic.com.
Antim Panghal one of the rising athletes in India, competing in her first international tournament this year, bagged a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
The remaining five Indian women wrestlers - U20 world champion Antim Paghal (53kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg) and Reetika Hooda (72kg) - will be competing on Wednesday.
Indian contingent finished its Greco-Roman campaign with a total of four medals, with Rupin (55 kg), Neeraj (63 kg) and Sunil Kumar (87 kg) getting bronze medals earlier
Rupin, who is 19 years old, finished with his first medal, a silver on the international senior circuit after losing the championship match 3-1 to Iran's Pouya Dadmarz, the current U-23 world champion, as per Olympics.com
Top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar in January this year, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the head office and WFI be disbanded. They alleged the body and its chief of sexua
India has plenty of firepower in the lineup to make an impression at the 36th iteration of the continental competition, despite the big names missing the Asian championship. The Indian wrestling squad is headed to Astana and includes medalists from previous world championships Deepak Punia,
Two iconic global sports entertainment brands World Wrestling Entertainment and Endeavor Group Holdings-owned Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced their merger. The transaction values UFC at an enterprise value of USD 12.1 billion and WWE at an enterprise value of USD 9.3 billion.
The two-time World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat is not happy with the fact that she and other female grapplers are being asked to show proof of sexual harassment after so much already having gone through so much suffering.
"The decision should have come by now but they need 10 more days time and we are expecting a result in our favour because we mustered a lot of courage before starting the protest. We did this because we had enough of what we are going through over the years and we don't want future wrestlers