Disappointing show by Indian wrestling team at Freestyle WC

The Indian wrestling team put up a disappointing performance at the ongoing Freestyle World Cup at Los Angeles, going down tamely to hosts USA 1-7 and Iran 0-8 in Group B to bow out of the tournament.

Praveen Rana was the only Indian who emerged victorious against USA’s Alexander David Dieringer 5-4 in 74kg weight division.

The Indian wrestling team put up a disappointing performance at the ongoing Freestyle World Cup at Los Angeles, going down tamely to hosts USA 1-7 and Iran 0-8 in Group B to bow out of the tournament.

The Indian team lost seven of their eight bouts against the USA, with the lone victory coming in 74kg category, in the opening round and then suffered another humiliating 0-8 whitewash against Iran in the next round.

The likes of Bajrang Punia (61kg), Rajneesh (65kg), Satywart Kadian (97kg), among others, failed to make a mark, losing their respective bouts rather tamely.

While Amit Kumar (57kg) and Hitender (125kg) forfeited their bouts against both USA and Iran.

Praveen Rana was the only Indian who emerged victorious against USA’s Alexander David Dieringer 5-4 in 74kg weight division.

However, the Indians could not win a single bout across all eight categories against the strong Iranian grapplers and crashed out of the two-day event.

Results:

INDIA vs USA: 57kg — Daniel Paul Dennis—Kengott (USA) df Amit Kumar (IND) by forfeit 0—0; 61kg — Anthony Joseph Ramos (USA) df. Bajrang (IND) 3—6; 65kg — Frank Aniello Molinaro (USA) df. Rajneesh (IND) 5—0; 70kg — James Malcolm Green (USA) df. Kumar Omprakash Vinod (IND) by TF 10—0; 74kg — Parveen Rana (IND) df. Alexander David Dieringer (USA) 5—4; 86kg — J’Den Michael Tbory Cox (USA) df. Pawan Kumar (IND) by TF 13—2; 97kg — Kyle Frederick Snyder (USA) df. Satywart Kadian (IND) by TF 10—0; 125kg — Jacob Stephen Varner (USA) df. Hitender (IND) by forfeit 0—0.

INDIA vs IRAN: 57kg — Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi (IRI) df. Amit Kumar (IND) by forfeit 0—0; 61kg — Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari (IRI) df. Bajrang (IND) 4—2; 65kg — Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi—Pahnehkolaei (IRI) df. Rajneesh (IND) by TF 12—0; 70kg — Mostafa Mohabbali Hosseinkhani (IRI) df. Kumar Omprakash Vinod (IND) 2—0; 74kg — Hassan Yazdani (IRI) df. Parveen Rana (IND) by TF 12—2; 86kg — Alireza Mohammad Karimimachiani (IRI) df. Pawan Kumar (IND) by TF 10—0; 97kg — Amir Mohsen Mohammadi (IRI) df. Satywart Kadian (IND) by TF 12—1; 125kg — Parviz Khodavirdi Hadi Basmanj (IRI) df. Hitender (IND) by forfeit 0—0.