Abhimanyu enters quarterfinals as three other wrestlers lose in World Wrestling championship
1 year, 3 months ago

Abhimanyu enters quarterfinals as three other wrestlers lose in World Wrestling championship

The Hindu  

Three Indian free-style wrestlers fell by the wayside, losing their second-round bouts on the day one of the UWW World Championships, with only the 70kg grappler Abhimanyu entering the quarterfinal in Belgrade on September 16. Abhimanyu, the bronze-medal winner at the U23 World Championships in June and ranked 26th in the world, first upset Ukrainian world No.7 Ihor Nykyforuk 19-9 by effecting a victory by fall before defeating Moldova’s Nicolai Grahmez 13-2 to secure a place in the quarters. Akash Dahiya despite beginning on winning note, defeating his Moldovan opponent Leomid Colesnic, with the referees giving an overwhelming 10-5 verdict in the Indian’s favour, lost his pre-quarterfinal contest to Uzbekistan’s world No.6 Jahongirmirza Turobov. India’s 125kg grappler Sumit, after an easy first-round qualification outing against Japanese Taiki Yamamoto, whom he beat 3-1, lost his pre-quarterfinal contest to a far superior opponent in Poland’s Robert Baran.

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Senior National Wrestling Championship 2024: Top wrestlers absent amid WFI controversy
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Senior National Wrestling Championship 2024: Top wrestlers absent amid WFI controversy

The Hindu  

The three-day Senior National Wrestling Championship will get underway at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium here from Friday, but with its sheen significantly wiped out. And a month ago, the Delhi High Court restrained the WFI from holding the nationals and called for an Indian Olympic Association -appointed ad-hoc committee to run the sport. But the presence of an ad-hoc body …

Rising Stars Shine at U-23 Worlds: India Makes Waves in 57kg and 65kg
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rising Stars Shine at U-23 Worlds: India Makes Waves in 57kg and 65kg

Hindustan Times  

Indian wrestling shines at the under-23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania. Chirag Chikara and Sujeet Kalkal secured two medals, showcasing the depth and talent of the Indian wrestling team. Chirag's title in the 57kg weight division underlines the strength of the Indian contingent in this weight class. Sujeet's bronze medal in the 65kg weight division is a testament to his …

India Secures Sixth Medal at Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India Secures Sixth Medal at Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024

The Hindu  

Abhishek Dhaka secured India's sixth medal at the Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024 in Tirana, Albania. He won the bronze in the men's freestyle 61kg category, defeating Mykyta Abramov of Ukraine 3-1. India is yet to win a gold in this edition of the tournament, but they have secured a total of 6 medals so far.

Wrestling World Championships: WFI Clears Indian Team's Participation Despite Dispute
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Wrestling World Championships: WFI Clears Indian Team's Participation Despite Dispute

The Hindu  

The Indian wrestling team has been cleared to participate at the World Championships after all the 12 selected athletes assembled outside the residence of Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and sought his intervention. The government has assured the WFI that they will take responsibility if a contempt charge is levelled on the federation and cleared the participation of the team.

IIS signs MoU with UWW to boost development of wrestling in India
3 months, 3 weeks ago

IIS signs MoU with UWW to boost development of wrestling in India

The Hindu  

The Inspire Institute of Sport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United World Wrestling, the global governing body for wrestling, to develop the sport in India. “We are thrilled to have signed an MoU with United World Wrestling that’s aimed at furthering the progress India has made in the sport. “Our focus is now set on LA 2028 …

Under-17 World Wrestling Championships 2024: India wins four gold medals in women’s freestyle
4 months ago

Under-17 World Wrestling Championships 2024: India wins four gold medals in women’s freestyle

The Hindu  

Indian women wrestlers Aditi Kumari, Neha, Pulkit, and Mansi on Thursday became the Under-17 World champions in their respective categories, stamping their class in the prestigious Cadets event, here. Frolova made a desperate attempt to get the winning move but Pulkit defended well in the final 20 seconds to claim the title. Mansi Lather clinched the top podium spot after …

United World Wrestling lifts suspension on WFI
10 months, 1 week ago

United World Wrestling lifts suspension on WFI

Hindustan Times  

United World Wrestling, wrestling's global governing body, on Tuesday lifted the suspension from the Wrestling Federation of India with immediate effect. Wrestling Federation of India logo "The UWW Disciplinary Chamber decided that it had sufficient grounds to impose the provisional suspension on the body as the situation in the federation prevailed for at least six months," UWW's statement read. WFI …

UWW lifts WFI suspension, directs not to discriminate against protesting wrestlers
10 months, 1 week ago

UWW lifts WFI suspension, directs not to discriminate against protesting wrestlers

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In what comes as a big relief for the Wrestling Federation of India, the United World Wrestling on Tuesday lifted the suspension imposed on the national federation on August 23 last year with immediate effect. The decision by the world body means Indian wrestlers can now compete under the country's flag in events being organised by the UWW. It …

Wrestling: UWW approves new format for 2024 Paris Olympics Qualifiers
1 year, 1 month ago

Wrestling: UWW approves new format for 2024 Paris Olympics Qualifiers

The Hindu  

United World Wrestling on Monday, announced a new format for the continental and world qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics next year. For the four continental qualifiers beginning with the Pan-American Qualifiers in Acapulco, Mexico in February, the semifinal bouts will serve as the qualification bouts for the Paris Olympics. For the World Qualifier to be held in Turkey in …

IOC ‘following’ and ‘supporting’ UWW to resolve Indian wrestling issues: Director of communication
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC ‘following’ and ‘supporting’ UWW to resolve Indian wrestling issues: Director of communication

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee is “closely” following the developments in Indian wrestling and “supporting” the United World Wrestling in resolving the issue, said the IOC director of communication Mark Adams on Sunday. Adams, who is here for the IOC Session when asked if the International Olympic Committee had spoken to Indian Olympic Association or any other officials about the issues …

World Championships: Indian wrestlers’ woeful performance continues in greco-roman
1 year, 3 months ago

World Championships: Indian wrestlers’ woeful performance continues in greco-roman

The Hindu  

Indian greco-roman grappler Sajan Bhanwala lost in the opening round of the World Championships to a technically far superior opponent from South Korea as the country’s disappointing show at the prestigious competition continued here on Thursday. The 82kg wrestler was no match for Yang Sejin, losing 3-1 and getting eliminated from the tournament against an opponent ranked one place lower …

World Wrestling Championships: Pruthviraj Enters Quarterfinals, Abhimanyu In Bronze Play-Off
1 year, 3 months ago

World Wrestling Championships: Pruthviraj Enters Quarterfinals, Abhimanyu In Bronze Play-Off

News 18  

Indian free-style wrestlers, barring Pruthviraj Patil, had another disappointing day in office with three of them losing in the preliminary rounds of the World Championships, on Sunday. The Indians, who are competing under the United World Wrestling flag following the ban of Wresting Federation of India by the international body, have a faint chance of bagging a bronze medal in …

UWW World Championships: All Four Indian Wrestlers Win Opening-round Bouts on Day 1
1 year, 3 months ago

UWW World Championships: All Four Indian Wrestlers Win Opening-round Bouts on Day 1

News 18  

All four Indian free-style wrestlers on show on the day one of the UWW World Championships won their opening-round bouts with 70kg grappler Abhimanyu upsetting world number 7 Ukraine’s Ihor Nykyforuk on Saturday. The world ranked No.21 grappler will take on Uzbekistan’s Jahongirmirza Turobov, who is seeded sixth here and a gold medallist a the 2021 Asian Championships. In other …

Wrestler Abhimanyu upsets higher-ranked Ukrainian in opening round of World Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Wrestler Abhimanyu upsets higher-ranked Ukrainian in opening round of World Championships

The Hindu  

All four Indian free-style wrestlers on show on the day one of the UWW World Championships won their opening-round bouts with 70kg grappler Abhimanyu upsetting world number 7 Ukraine’s Ihor Nykyforuk here on Saturday. Abhimanyu, the bronze-medal winner at the U23 World Championships in June and ranked 26th in the world, defeated the Ukrainian 19-9, effecting a victory by fall. …

Wrestling World Championships 2023: With WFI suspended, Indian wrestlers eye Paris 2024 spot under new flag
1 year, 3 months ago

Wrestling World Championships 2023: With WFI suspended, Indian wrestlers eye Paris 2024 spot under new flag

The Hindu  

Following the provisional suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India owing to delayed elections preceded by wrestlers’ protests, the Indian athletes will compete under the United World Wrestling flag for the first time in the World Championships, a Paris Olympics qualifying event, starting in Belgrade on Saturday. In the current Indian squad, Asian champion Aman Sehrawat, who took the place …

Explained | Why was the WFI suspended by United World Wrestling?
1 year, 3 months ago

Explained | Why was the WFI suspended by United World Wrestling?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In the backdrop of the wrestlers’ protest over various issues, United World Wrestling, the world governing body for the sport, has provisionally suspended the Wrestling Federation of India primarily for not conducting its elections on time. As per the UWW letter to the Indian Olympic Association appointed ad-hoc committee, which is running the WFI in the …

Wrestling trials for World Championships to go ahead as per schedule: Bajwa
1 year, 4 months ago

Wrestling trials for World Championships to go ahead as per schedule: Bajwa

The Hindu  

The trials to select the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming World Championships will go ahead as scheduled on August 25-26 despite the world governing body of the sport suspending the WFI for not conducting elections on time. READ | UWW suspends WFI for delaying elections, Indian wrestlers won’t play under India flag at World Championships IOA-constituted ad-hoc panel chief …

Wrestling Federation of India membership suspended by world body
1 year, 4 months ago

Wrestling Federation of India membership suspended by world body

India TV News  

The United World Wrestling has taken a massive step by indefinitely suspending the Wrestling Federation of India with immediate effect. The WFI has been making the headlines over the last few months for all the wrong reasons and now the immediate suspension by the World Wrestling Body comes due to the federation failing to conduct elections. Four candidates including Sanjay …

World wrestling body relaxes entry deadline for India
1 year, 4 months ago

World wrestling body relaxes entry deadline for India

Hindustan Times  

Wrestling’s global governing body United World Wrestling has agreed “in principle” to the ad-hoc committee’s request to extend the August 16 deadline for India to submit the final entries for the World Championships. The Bhupender Bajwa-led committee had written to UWW on July 28 requesting them to push the deadline for sending the squad list to August 26 The Bhupender …

India pays big price for WFI controversy, lose hosting rights of Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi
1 year, 10 months ago

India pays big price for WFI controversy, lose hosting rights of Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi

India TV News  

India have paid a big price for the recent controversy surrounding the administration of the Wrestling Federation of India after the sport's global governing body - United World Wrestling took away the rights to host the Asian Wrestling Championships. The protestors took it to the floor in January to show their anger against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and …

UWW moves Asian championships out of Delhi after WFI enquiry
1 year, 10 months ago

UWW moves Asian championships out of Delhi after WFI enquiry

The Hindu  

The United World Wrestling has moved the Asian wrestling championships from New Delhi to Kazakhstan capital Astana due to the ongoing enquiry over various allegations, including sexual misconduct, levelled against the Wrestling Federation of India by a group of elite wrestlers. Stadium Complex in New Delhi, will now take place between April 7 and 15 with final dates to be …

India's Performance at World Wrestling Championships Wasn't up to Mark, Admits WFI Official
2 years, 3 months ago

India's Performance at World Wrestling Championships Wasn't up to Mark, Admits WFI Official

News 18  

After a stunning show in Commonwealth Games, Indian wrestlers failed to continue the momentum at the World Championships, bagging just two bronze medals despite fielding a strong 30-member delegation in the major event. Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat managed to save India’s blushes with bronze medals, but the rest fell like ninepins. A Wrestling Federation of India official, while speaking …

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya disappoints; Naveen Malik loses bronze medal match
2 years, 3 months ago

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya disappoints; Naveen Malik loses bronze medal match

Firstpost  

2 Ravi Kumar Dahiya lost by technical superiority to Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev as early as the second round of the 57kg category at the World Wrestling Championships 2022; Naveen Malik loses in the 70kg bronze medal match to World No. India’s star wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya made an early exit from the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade on Friday …

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze
2 years, 3 months ago

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze

Firstpost  

Star male wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to add to India’s medal tally at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade. A day after Indian women wrestlers folded their World Wrestling Championships 2022 campaign with a solitary bronze medal through Vinesh Phogat, star men wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to …

Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Federation of India Sacks Deepak Punia's Coach For Assaulting Referee
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Federation of India Sacks Deepak Punia's Coach For Assaulting Referee

News 18  

The Wrestling Federation of India on Friday terminated the services of Deepak Punia’s foreign coach Murad Gaidarov after it emerged that the Russian had assaulted a referee that led to his expulsion from the Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo 2020 Full Coverage: Schedule | Results | Medals Tally Deepak lost his 86kg bronze play-off to San Marino’s Myles Nazim Amine on Thursday, …

Ravi Kumar Dahiya enters 57kg wrestling final, assures India fourth Olympic medal in Tokyo
3 years, 4 months ago

Ravi Kumar Dahiya enters 57kg wrestling final, assures India fourth Olympic medal in Tokyo

The Hindu  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya's clinical performance earned him a place in the final of the men’s freestyle 57kg weight class and ensured another medal for the country in the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. After Sushil Kumar, Worlds bronze medallist and two-time Asian champion Ravi became the second Indian wrestler to book a berth in the final. The star of the day …

Wrestling World Championship cancelled, alternative competition planned
4 years, 1 month ago

Wrestling World Championship cancelled, alternative competition planned

The Hindu  

Indian wrestlers have been dealt another blow in their preparations for Tokyo Olympics with the year-end Wrestling World Championships officially called off for not meeting the minimum participation criteria. The United World Wrestling took the decision late on Tuesday and is now planning to organise an ‘Individual World Cup’ as a substitute event. There are real challenges to overcome but …

India defers trials for wrestling world meet
4 years, 1 month ago

India defers trials for wrestling world meet

Hindustan Times  

The Wrestling Federation of India has delayed its decision on trials for the World Wrestling Championship in Serbia from December 12-20. This was after the executive committee meeting of United World Wrestling was rescheduled to November 12, Women wrestlers practice at Sonipat wrestling academy at Sonipat,Haryana “We too have delayed our decision about the selection trials of the Indian team …

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