Wrestling News

At Senior U23 World Championships 2017, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Men's Freestyle wrestling 65 kg
Gold - Nachyn Sergeevitch Kuular (RUS)
Silver - Bajrang (IND)
Bronze - Joseph Christopher McKenna (USA) and Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei (IRI)

Gold Medal match
Bajrang (IND) l Nachyn Sergeevitch Kuular (RUS) 6-17

[SF] Bajrang (IND) bt Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei (IRI) 9-4
[QF] Bajrang (IND) bt Haydar Yavuz (TUR) 7-5
[R1] Bajrang (IND) bt Panah Ilyasli (AZE) 5-0

Men's Freestyle wrestling 70 kg
Gold - Richard Anthony Lewis (USA)
Silver - Vinod Kumar Omprakash (IND)
Bronze - Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) and Mirza Skhulukhia (GEO)

Gold Medal match
Vinod Kumar (IND) l Richard Anthony Lewis (USA) 1-3

[SF] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Nobuyoshi Takojima (JPN) 2-1
[QF] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Ali Zakariiev (UKR) 5-2
[R1] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Mirza Skhulukhia (GEO) 3-0

We won two more Silver medals in ongoing u23 Worlds ... In Men's Freestyle, Bajrang lost one-sided match against Russian Kuular in 65kg category ... In 70kg category, Vinod Kumar lost in the close match against American wrestler, Richard Anthony Lewis ... So until now, we are having three Silver medals in this World Championship.