India’s men’s freestyle wrestlers could not replicate the success of their women counterparts at the Under-17 World Championships as none of the five grapplers in action on Friday could make the semifinals, here.
Out of the five, only two -- Harsh and Vevik -- managed to win a round.
Harsh (48kg) began with a confident 6-2 win over Erbol Bolotov but was outsmarted by Chingis Saryglar in the quarterfinal.
In the 55kg category, Jaiveer Singh fell at the first hurdle, losing on criteria (3-3) to Azatberdi Ashyrgulyev, who later lost his quarterfinal to end the Indian’s chance of making a comeback through repechage.
In 65kg, Sagar lost his qualification bout 5-7 to Bakdaulet Akimzhan and will now have to wait to know if the repechage route opens up for him.
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Vevik began with a decent 11-4 victory over Aliaksei Kuryla but lost his quarterfinal bout by technical superiority to Nikoloz Maisuradze.
In the 110kg bout, Jaspooran Singh lost on criteria (1-1) to Kazakhstan’s Yedige Kassimbek.
Aditi Kumari (43kg), Neha (57kg), Pulkit (65kg) and Mansi Lather (73kg) won the world titles in their respective categories.
In the women’s event, four new world champions emerged and two -- Kajal (69kg) and Shrutika Shivaji Patil (46kg) -- are in gold medal contention.
Extending India’s domination of the women’s event at the World Championships, Kajal became the fifth wrestler from the country to bag the title in the ongoing edition with her commanding 9-2 win over Ukraine’s Oleksandra Rybak in the 69kg weight category, here Saturday.
However, Shrutika had to be content with silver after being outwitted by Japan’s Yuu Katsume, who finished the 46kg gold medal bout in mere 40 seconds.
(with inputs from PTI)
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