Highlight
- Sagar Jaglan’s quest for bronze in 74kg category ends
- Bajrang enters repechage round after reaching the final of Diacomihalis
- Indian wrestlers have been disappointed in this edition of the World Championship
India’s star wrestler Bajrang Punia lost in the quarterfinals of the Wrestling World Championships on Saturday but returned to the medal race. She entered the repechage round of 65kg category.
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Bajrang lost to 23-year-old Yianni Dicomihalis of USA in a 65kg quarterfinal bout. They lost 10–0 due to technical superiority.
However, the 28-year-old was active again as he entered the repechage round after Dicomihallis reached the final.
Bajrang will take on the winner of the match between Armenia’s Vazhen Tevanyan and Bulgaria’s Vladimir Vladimirov Dubov in his first repechage match on Sunday.
Earlier, Bajrang had defeated Cuba’s Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier on points basis in the pre-quarterfinals.
Bajrang has three World Championship medals to his name. He won a silver medal in the 2018 edition of the tournament in Budapest. He secured bronze medal in the year 2013 and 2019 respectively.
On the other hand, Sagar Jaglan’s quest for a bronze medal in the 74kg came to an end as the 18-year-old lost to Asian champion Younes Alikbar Emami of Iran 6-0.
The World Under-20 bronze medalist had earlier entered the bronze medal bout by defeating Mongolia’s Suldkhu Olonbayar 7–3.
She entered repechage on Friday after losing in the quarterfinals to three-time world champion Kyle Dack of America.
Indian wrestlers have been disappointed in this edition of the World Championships, with only Vinesh Phogat winning the bronze medal so far.