More Sports Wrestling Wrestling Sajan Bhanwal storms into semifinals of Under-23 World Wrestling Championships Three-time World Junior Wrestling Championships medallist Sajan Bhanwal (77kg) advanced to the semifinals of UWW Under-23 World Championships on Friday. Team Sportstar 01 November, 2019 22:35 IST Sajan Bhanwal (orange) rushed into the semi-finals on the back of a strong 6-2 win over Per Albin Olofsson of Sweden. (File photo) - PTI Team Sportstar 01 November, 2019 22:35 IST Three-time World Junior Wrestling Championships medallist Sajan Bhanwal (77kg) began his campaign on a thunderous note by storming into the semifinals of UWW Under-23 World Championships 2019 in Budapest, Hungary on Friday.A terrific Bhanwal blanked Jesse Alexander Porter 6-0 in the qualifiers to move into the pre-quarterfinals, where he notched up a 3-1 win over Azerbaijan’s Tunjay Vazirzade. He then rushed into the semifinals on the back of a strong 6-2 win over Per Albin Olofsson of Sweden.Standing between Bhanwal and a historic spot in the final is Japan’s Kodai Sakuraba. The semifinal is scheduled to be held tonight at 9:45pm IST and will be streamed live on WrestlingTV.It will be followed by Pooja Gehlot’s 53kg final at 10:30pm IST where she is up against Japan’s 2017 world champion Haruna Okuno.Sunil Kumar advanced from the 87kg qualifiers to the pre-quarterfinals by sheer dint of his 7-2 victory over Algeria’s Sid Azara. In the next round, he was shown the door by Ukraine’s Semen Novikov in a 0-8 loss.In 63kg, Rajeet had it tough against top seed Slavik Galstyan and went down 0-8 in his opening bout. In 130kg, Deepak Poonia could not make much of an impact and succumbed to a 1-6 defeat at the hands of USA’s David Tate Orndorff in the qualification round. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.