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At United World Wrestling - September 2019 Rankings,

Deepak Punia - WR #1 in the Freestyle 86 kg category
Bajrang Punia - WR #2 in the Freestyle 65 kg category
Vinesh Phogat - WR #2 in Women's 53 kg category
Ravi Kumar Dahiya - WR #5 in the Freestyle 57 kg category
Rahul Aware - WR #2 in 61 the Freestyle kg category
Manju - WR #3 in Women's 59 kg category
Pooja Dhanda - WR #5 in Women's 59 kg category

After World Championships, the UWW declared new rankings ... Our 7 wrestlers r in top 5 in their respective weight categories ... Deepak Punia is our new WR #1 in the Freestyle 86 kg category, but Bajrang Punia slides to #2 in the Freestyle 65 kg category under updated rankings.

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At 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

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Men's Freestyle 86 kg - Gold Medal match
Deepak Punia (IND) l Hassan Ali Azam Yazdanicharati (IRI) w/o

Men's Freestyle 61 kg - Bronze Medal match
Rahul Aware (IND) bt Tyler Lee Graff (USA) by VPO1, 11 - 4

India ends with 5 medals, their highest in the single World Championships ... We won a Silver and 4 Bronze medals, also importantly 4 Olympic quota places.
Deepak Punia withdrew from finals of world championship due to injury ... He has injured his right eye and ankle injury (grade-2 ligament injury) ... Tough luck, as any wrestler's dream, will be playing in the final of World Championships and winning a gold medal

In the non-Olympic category of 61 kg, Rahul Aware won a bronze ... He defeated an American wrestler easily.

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At 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

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Men's Freestyle 86 kg - Gold Medal match
Deepak Punia (IND) vs Hassan Ali Azam Yazdanicharati (IRI)

[SF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Stefan Reichmuth (SUI) by VPO1, 8 - 2
[QF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Mendez (COL) by VPO1, 7 - 6
[R16] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Bakhodur Kodirov (TJK) by VPO, 6 - 0
[R32] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Adilet Davlumbayev (KAZ) by VPO1, 8 - 6

Men's Freestyle 61 kg
[SF] Rahul Aware (IND) l Beka Lomtadze (GEO) by VPO1, 6 - 10

[QF] Rahul Aware (IND) bt Rassul Kaliyev (KAZ) by VPO1, 10 - 7
[R16] Rahul Aware (IND) bt Kerim Hojakov (TKM) by VSU1, 13 - 2

Deepak Punia creates history and becomes youngest Indian in the World Championship finals ... Our junior World Champion Deepak Punia secured the Olympic quota in the style ... He defeated Swiss wrestler Stefan Reichmuth comfortably in the semi-final bout ... Before that, he scored a couple of close wins against Kazakh wrestler Rassul Kaliyev and a Colombian Stefan Reichmuth ... In the final, he is facing a regaining Olympic champion Iranian Hassan Yazdani.

In the non-Olympic category of 61 kg, Rahul Aware reached in the semis ... He lost this bout against a Georgian wrestler Beka Lomtadze ... Tomorrow, he will play a bronze medal match.

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At 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

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Men's Freestyle 57 kg - Bronze medal match
Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi (IRI) by VPO1, 6 - 3

Men's Freestyle 65 kg - Bronze medal match
Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL) by VPO1, 8 - 7

Bajarang and Ravi Kumar won bronze medals, so our total medal count is 3 bronze medals with securing 3 quota places ... Bajrang needed another late comeback in the bronze medal match at the Wrestling World Championship, coming back from 0-6 down to win 8-7 against Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir ... He becomes the first Indian wrestler to clinch 3 Worlds' medals.

Ravi Dahiya claimed a bronze medal in his debut World Championships by stunning an Iranian Asian Champion Reza Atri Nagarchi ... Ravi Kumar defeated his fancied rival 6-3 in the bronze medal bout of the men’s 57kg freestyle category.

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At 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Men's Freestyle - 57 kg
[R1] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Sunggwon Kim (KOR) by VSU, 11 - 0
[R2] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) by VSU1, 17 - 6
[QF] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Yuki Takahashi (JPN) by VPO1, 6 - 1

[SF] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) l Zavur Uguev (RUS) by VPO1, 4 - 6

Men's Freestyle - 65 kg
[R1] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Krzysztof Bienkowski (POL) by VPO1, 9 - 2
[R2] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt David Habat (SLO) by VPO, 3 - 0
[QF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Jong Chol Son (PRK) by VPO1, 8 - 1

[SF] Bajrang Punia (IND) l Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) by VPO1, 9 - 9

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya qualify for the Tokoyo Olympic after reaching the semi-finals in on-going Worlds ... But our both, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya, lost their semifinal bouts ... Bajrang lost his semifinal bout against home wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov under controversial circumstances ... Since Niyazbekov was given a bigger throw of four points in the bout, he was declared the winner ... In this controversial bout, the referee gave ample time to tiring Niyazbekov to catch his breath and he was not given warning at least thrice ... Instead, the home wrestler was awarded four points when they should have gone to Bajrang for effecting that throw at the edge of the circle.

Ravi Kumar lost his semifinal bout 4-6 to reigning world champion Zaur Uguev from Russia ... Before that, he gave an impressive performance as he scored stunning wins over Arsen Harutunyan, the 61kg European champion from Armenia and 2017 world champion and world number three Yuki Takahashi of Japan.

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At 2019 World Wrestling Championships , Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

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Women Wrestling - 53 kg - Bronze Medal match
Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) by VFA, 4 - 1

[Repechage - R2] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Sarah Ann Hildebrandt (USA) by VPO1, 8 - 2
[Repechage - R2] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yuliia Khavaldzhy Blahinya (UKR) by VPO, 5 - 0

[R16] Vinesh Phogat (IND) l Mayu Mukaida (JPN) by VPO, 0 - 7
[R32] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Sofia magdalena Mattsson (SWE) by VSU, 13 - 0

Vinesh Phogat becomes the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokoyo Olympics ... This is her first Worlds medal and the first medal for India at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships ... Vinesh Phogat is also the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for two Olympics, and the first to do so from the Worlds stage.

Vinesh Phogat pinned two-time Worlds medallist Maria Prevolaraki of Greece to clinch the bronze medal in the 53-kg category ... Vinesh had already qualified for the 2020 Olympics after defeating World No. 1 Sarah Hildebrandt in the previous round

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At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships, Tallinn, Estonia

Bronze Medal match - Greco Roman 77 kg
Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Abdurrahman Kalkan (TUR) by VSU1, 11 - 1

[Repechage R2] Sajan(IND) bt Ranet Kaljola (EST) by VPO1, 10 - 7

[QF] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) l Mohammad Aziz Naghousi (IRI) by VPO1, 3 - 7
[R2] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Vahe Poghosyan (ARM) by VPO1, 12 - 6
[R1] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Jack Butch Ervien (USA) by VSU, 9 - 0

In the Greco Roman 77 kg category, Sajan won bronze beating his Turkish opponent, Abdurrahman Kalkan, comfortably in the medal match ... In the quarters, he lost against an eventual gold-medalist Iranian wrestler, Mohammad Aziz Naghousi, in a close match ... So with that, the Indian team ended with a Gold and 2 Bronze medals in this World Junior Wrestling Championships.

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At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, Tallinn, Estonia

In women's wrestling 57 kg category, Bharti Baghel missed bronze by a whisker ... Her Kazakh opponent, Nuraida Anarkulova, won the match after scoring the last point in 3 - 3 final score.

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At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, Tallinn, Estonia

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Gold Medal match - Freestyle 86 kg
Deepak Punia (IND) bt Alik Shebzukhov (RUS) by VPO1, 2 - 2

[SF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Miriani Maisuradze (GEO) by VPO1, 3 - 2
[QF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Hunter Jeffery Lee (CAN) by VPO1, 5 - 1
[R2] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Milan Andras Korcsog (HUN) by VPO1, 10 - 1
[R1] Deepak Punia (IND) bye

Bronze Medal match - Freestyle 86 kg
Viky (IND) bt Batmagnai Enkhtuvshin (MGL) by VPO1, 4 - 3

[Repechage R2] Viky (IND) bt Julien Choquette (CAN) by VPO, 9 - 0

[QF] Viky (IND) l Lucas John Davison (USA) by VPO1, 1 - 7
[R2] Viky (IND) bt Takumi Tanizaki (JPN) by VPO1, 2 - 1
[R1] Viky (IND) bye

Deepak Punia Becomes India's 1st Junior Wrestling World Champion in 18 Years ... The last Indians to emerge gold medallist at the junior world championship were Ramesh Kumar (69 kg) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (130 kg) who stood atop the podium in 2001.
Deepak claimed a gold medal with a win over Russia's Alik Shebzukhov ... The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the 86kg men's freestyle match but the Indian was declared champion because he had scored the last point ... Deepak Punia will also represent India at the upcoming Senior World Championship in Kazakhstan, as he won the trials.

In the 92kg, Viky also scored a close win against Mongolia's Batmagnai Eenkhtuvshin 4-3 to claim bronze.

Akash Antil (Freestyle 97 kg) and Vijay Patil (Freestyle 57 kg) reached in the Bronze medal matches but lost their bout to the superior wrestlers.
In women's wrestling, Anshu lost the bronze medal bout against Ukrainian wrestler, Kateryna Zelenykh, 2-12 in 59 kg category.