Wrestling U17 World Championships: Ronak Dahiya wins Bronze medal in the Greco Roman 110kg

India's Ronak Dahiya won the bronze medal in the Wrestling U17 World Championships in the Greco-Roman 110kg category in Amman. Last year's silver medalist defeated Emrullah Capkan of Turkey in the Bronze medal match to clinch consecutive medals at the U17 World Championships.

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After beating Aymen Aouidat of Algeria by 3-1(8-1), Daniil Maslakou (AIN) by 4-1(10-1), Ronak faced number 8th seed Zoltan Czako in the semi-finals. The Indian wrestler went for an arm-spin but Czako blocked it. Czako soon secured a fall to win the bout in just 17 seconds.

However, Ronak Dahiya was able to go past Emrullah Capkan of Turkey in the bronze medal match by 3-1(6-1) to clinch back-to-back medals.

Ivan Yankovskyi of Ukraine won the Gold medal in the Greco-Roman 110kg category while Zoltan Czako won the silver medal.