1. Aman Sherawat wins 1st ever gold for India in the U23 World Wrestling Championship
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16 year old Aman Sehrawat made history as he became the first ever Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships. The U-23 World Wrestling Championships was held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022.
Aman Sehrawat defeated Ahmet Duman of Turkey in the final to win the gold medal.
The U-23 World Wrestling Championships was held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022.
Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya had made the final in their categories in previous editions but could only win the silver medal.
Aman Sehrawat won gold at the U23 Asian championship and silver at the U20 Asian championship earlier this year.
India finished with six medals - one gold, one silver and four bronze at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022.
Medal Winners for India
Name | Medal | Category |
Bronze | Greco Roman 77kg | |
Vikas | Bronze | Greco Roman 72kg |
Nitesh | Bronze | Greco Roman 97kg |
Ankush | Silver | Women's 50kg |
Mansi Ahlawat | Bronze | Women's 59kg |
Aman Sehrawat | Gold | Men's 57kg |
2. Sajan Bhanwala becomes the first Indian wrestler to win a Greco Roman medal at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships
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Sajan Bhanwala won the first medal for India at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022 being held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022. Wrestler who are below 23 years of age participate in the championship.
Sajan Bhanwala won the bronze medal in the Greco Roman 77kg category by defeating Ukraine’s Dmytro Vasetskyi in a closely-fought match on 19 October 2022.
It is for the first time that India has won a medal in the Greco Roman event at the U23 Wrestling World Championship.
Denial of Visa to Indian wrestler
India is competing with a depleted squad at the ongoing U-23 World Wrestling Championship 2022 in Pontevedra after host country Spain denied visas to 21 of the 30 wrestlers chosen to represent India at the meet. According to the Spanish embassy in Delhi these wrestlers were likely to illegally overstay in Spain.
