World Wrestling Championships 2023: Indian Greco Roman wrestler struggle again

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India's Greco-Roman wrestlers continued to struggle at the World Wrestling Championships 2023 with all three in action on Friday (September 22) losing in early stages in their respective categories in Belgrade.

Ankit Guliya lost his 72kg qualification round 0-4 to Norway's Haavard Joergensen while Shailesh Rajendra Shelke lost 0-6 to Sweden's Aleksandar Georgije Stjepanetic in the 97kg competition.

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In 60kg, Manish edged Romania's Razvan Arnaut (8-8) before losing 1-6 to Japan's Fumita Kenichiro. Sajan Bhanwala (82kg), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Mehar Singh (130kg) have already been eliminated from the competition.

On Saturday at the World Wrestling Championships 2023, three more Indians will be in action with Vikram Krushnath Kurade (63kg), Vinayak Patil (67kg) and Manoj Kumar (87kg) set to compete. So far, only Antim Paghal has managed to win a bronze medal along with Olympic-quota in women's 53kg category.

-PTI

Story first published: Friday, September 22, 2023, 22:33 [IST]

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