Indian wrestlers won four medals at the ongoing World Junior Wrestling Championship in Ufa, Russia on Wednesday. Ravinder got silver in the men's freestyle 61kg category. Moreover, Yash, Pruthviraj Patil and Anirudh Kumar bags bronze in the 74kg, 92kg and 125kg categories, respectively. You can also get tickets for Wrestling if you are interested in watching a tournament.

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Up against a strong Rahman Mousa Amouzadkhalili, who had won the Yasar Dogu senior event in June this year. Ravinder could not make his moves as he was largely left to defend in the 61kg title clash in World Junior Wrestling Championship. The Iranian kept Ravinder tangled in head and body locks to win comfortably 9-3. In 74kg play-off, Yash first scored a confident 9-2 win over Armen Musikyan from Armenia and then pulled off a 12-6 win over Kyrgyzstan's Stambul Zhanybek Uulu after trailing 2-5.

Yash changed the bout in the last 90 seconds with his timely quick moves. Stambul perhaps got overconfident after taking lead and Yash was quick to take advantage. However, after his rival dropped his guard a bit. Patil took bronze in 92kg after edging past Russia's Ivan Kirillov 2-1 in the play-off. Patil was trailing on criteria after both wrestlers scored points on each others passivity. But the Russian was imposes a point penalty for foul play, and that proved decisive. Anirudh (125kg) also added a bronze to India's tally with an impressive 7-2 win over Aydin Ahmadov from Azebaijan.

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Indian Men's Freestyle campaign finishes with 6 medals at World Junior Wrestling Championships, Ufa 2021.. 61kg Ravinder silver, 74kg Yash, 79kg Gourav Baliyan, 92kg Pruthviraj Patil, 97kg Deepak & 125kg Anirudh Kumar Bronze.

Earlier, Gourav Baliyan (79kg) and Deepak (97kg) had secured bronze in the men's events.In the women's event. Which will be held on Thursday, Bipasha reached the 76kg final as Simran (50kg), Sito (55kg), Kusum (59kg) and Arju (68kg) will also be in action in their respective bronze medal bouts. Bipasha was slow off the blocks but got better with each match. She managed a 6-3 win over Kazakhstan's Dilnaz Mulkinova and then comfortably beat Mongolia's Odbag Ulziibat 9-4.

India had never won gold before in the women's category at the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022. Antim Panghal made up for that lack.

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Indian wrestler Antim Panghal created history. She became India's first female wrestler to win gold at the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022. Antim won the gold by defeating Atlyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan by 8-0 points in the 53kg category final on Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria. India has never won gold in this competition before.

This Indian female wrestler was in the rhythm from the beginning. She defeated European champion, Olivia Andrich by technical superiority 11-0. Antim then dominated Japan's Ayaka Kimura in the quarterfinals. Ukraine's Nataliia Klivchutska put up a little fight against Antim but couldn't maintain consistency and lost by 11-2 in the semis.

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On this day, Sonam Malik and Priyanka won silver in the finals of the 62 kg and 65 kg categories respectively. Otherwise more gold would have come home to India. India won seven medals in the men's freestyle category. Among them are six bronze and one silver. India has finished third in the medal table. In the women's category, India won three silvers and a bronze beside one gold.

Antim had won bronze at the 2021 Cadet World Championships. After that, she won the silver medal at the U-23 Asian Championship held in 2022. Apart from the last, only four Indian wrestlers have won gold medals at the U-20 World Championships. Pappu Yadav won gold in Greco-Roman style in 1992. Deepak Punia won gold in the 86kg category in 2019. Besides, Ramesh Kumar and Palwinder Singh Cheema won gold here in 2001.

World Cadet Wrestling champion Priya Malik won a silver medal in women's 76kg at World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria on Thursday.

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Priya lost to Ayano Moro of Japan by 1-3 in the final and finished second on the podium. Earlier, The 17-year-old Indian defeated Kazakhstan's Alina Yertostik by fall and then scored a 6-4 win over Turkey's Melisa Saritac in the quarterfinals. After that, Priya defeated U20 European champion Veronika Nyikos of Hungary by 6-5 to reach the final.

India bagged nine medals from the championship till now, including two silver and seven bronze. Priyanshi Prajapat won bronze In the 50kg division. This is her maiden medal on the world stage. Priyanshi beat Laura Ganikyzy of Kazakhstan by 8-0 in the round of 16 and defeated Aida Kerymova of Ukraine by 9-7 in the quarterfinal. However, she lost to gold medallist Umi Ito of Japan by 10-0.

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On the other hand, Manju (women's 55kg) and Bhagyashree Hanumant Fand (women's 59kg) won a bronze medal but could not secure a medal after losing their respective bouts on Thursday. Sonam Malik (62kg), Antim (53kg), and Priyanka (65kg) will continue their journey in the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022 and fight for gold.

Ningappa Genannavar is the newest sensation of wrestling in North Karnataka. Arun Kumakale, a local wrestling coach has discovered the history of it's wrestling mad town and the journey of Ningappa.

"Every house here in Mudhol has a wrestler, but not in Ninga — he has no house." said coach Arun Kumakale. By saying this two lines, he wants to capture the history of the wrestling crazy town of Northern Karnataka and the journey of the genius Ningappa Genannavar.

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Ningappa Genannavar is a son a homeless farm labourer couple. He comes in limelight for his strong defense and strong leg attack. On Thursday, the 17-year-old defeated Amir Mohammad Saleh in the 45kg freestyle category final of the Asian Under-17 Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. His medal puts Karnataka wrestling hub in spotlight. It has remained in the shadow of the traditional hotbeds in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.

Ram Budaki, wrestling coach of the State Authority of India (SAI) said in a statement, "The place is most famous for the Mudhol Hound, the dogs are known all over India. The city's next best produce is its wrestlers."

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The 17-year-old once was rejected by sports schools of the state for his short stature and underweight. He is now the expert defender and has strong leg-attack. The homeless boy wants to clear his family's debt as his father had to borrow money to support his career. He also wants to build his own house.

Ningappa achieved the bronze medal only at the age of 15 in the National Championships in kota. After that, he was asked to participate in Sonepat's NCoE.

"It's a quaint little place. The Krishna River flows through the city, most of the people are farmers, and almost every household has a wrestler. It's a matter of pride. Every morning, you'll see dozens of young boys and girls at the garadis (akhadas)," says N R Narasimha, secretary of the Karnataka Wrestling Federation.

Ningappa Genannavar is the newest sensation of wrestling in North Karnataka. Arun Kumakale, a local wrestling coach has discovered the history of it's wrestling mad town and the journey of Ningappa.

"Every house here in Mudhol has a wrestler, but not in Ninga — he has no house." said coach Arun Kumakale. By saying this two lines, he wants to capture the history of the wrestling crazy town of Northern Karnataka and the journey of the genius Ningappa Genannavar.

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Ningappa Genannavar is a son a homeless farm labourer couple. He comes in limelight for his strong defense and strong leg attack. On Thursday, the 17-year-old defeated Amir Mohammad Saleh in the 45kg freestyle category final of the Asian Under-17 Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. His medal puts Karnataka wrestling hub in spotlight. It has remained in the shadow of the traditional hotbeds in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.

Ram Budaki, wrestling coach of the State Authority of India (SAI) said in a statement, "The place is most famous for the Mudhol Hound, the dogs are known all over India. The city's next best produce is its wrestlers."

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The 17-year-old once was rejected by sports schools of the state for his short stature and underweight. He is now the expert defender and has strong leg-attack. The homeless boy wants to clear his family's debt as his father had to borrow money to support his career. He also wants to build his own house.

Ningappa achieved the bronze medal only at the age of 15 in the National Championships in kota. After that, he was asked to participate in Sonepat's NCoE.

"It's a quaint little place. The Krishna River flows through the city, most of the people are farmers, and almost every household has a wrestler. It's a matter of pride. Every morning, you'll see dozens of young boys and girls at the garadis (akhadas)," says N R Narasimha, secretary of the Karnataka Wrestling Federation.

It's been a great final for Indian women wrestlers at U23 World Wrestling Championships 2021. On Friday, all three women were able to win a medal from their events.

It was Divya Kakran, Nisha and Radhika who won bronze medals in their respective categories. This was India's fifth medal in the tournament. Shivani Pawar and Anju had already won silver and bronze medals in their events on Thursday at U23 World Wrestling Championships.

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Divya Kakran defeated Kayla Marano of the USA in the 72kg category. Not to forget, Divya came through the repechage round.

Radhika, another Indian wrestler who came through repechage round thrashed Aurora Campagna of Italy. She won by a 6-4 margin in the 62kg category.

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Meanwhile, Nisha won against Elma Zeidlere of Latvia. She won by technical superiority in the 65kg category.

All of them finished at the podium with a bronze medal against their name. However, Indian men wrestlers disappointed everyone. Only, Saurabh will have a shot at bronze after losing against Aliabbas Rzazade in the semis. However, Parvinder can have a shot at a medal finish who will have to come through the repechage round.