Antim Panghal creates history by winning bronze

Indian wrestling star Antim Panghal proved herself as soon as once more as she clinched a bronze medal on Day 6 (Thursday, September 18) of the World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb. The 19-year-old dominated Sweden’s Jonna Malmgren 9-1 within the girls’s 53-kg bronze medal bout, exhibiting full management from begin to end.

With this win, Antim grew to become the primary Indian lady wrestler to safe back-to-back medals on the World Championships, including to the bronze she gained in Belgrade final 12 months. She scored by way of the bout, combining takedowns and counters to safe a snug win and one other podium end for India.

Manisha Bhanwala additionally featured in girls’s freestyle on Day 6, competing within the 62-kg repechage spherical. She confronted Bulgaria’s Bilyana Dudova, a former world champion, and misplaced 0-9, ending her hopes of a medal.

Greco-Roman wrestlers fall in early rounds at World Wrestling Championships

India’s Greco-Roman wrestlers had a troublesome outing as all 4 contributors had been eradicated of their opening matches. Within the 55-kg class, Anil Mor misplaced 0-8 to Azerbaijan’s Eldaniz Azizli within the qualification spherical, unable to get on the scoreboard. Aman, competing within the 77-kg division, confronted Japan’s Nao Kusaka within the Spherical of 32 and suffered a defeat by technical superiority (0-8), ending his marketing campaign.

Rahul, who was in motion within the 82-kg class, went down 1-7 to Kazakhstan’s Almir Tolebayev within the qualification spherical. Within the heavyweight 130-kg class, Sonu was outplayed 0-8 by Croatia’s Marko Koscevic, which marked an early finish to his problem. Not one of the Greco-Roman wrestlers made it to the repechage, leading to a medal-less day for India on this class.

Antim’s bronze medal retains India’s medal tally ticking and maintains the nation’s presence on the rostrum at this 12 months’s championships. With girls’s freestyle competitors concluding, focus will now shift to the ultimate set of Greco-Roman weight classes, scheduled for the final day of the competitors.

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