Ankush settled for a silver after being overpowered by formidable Yui Susaki however Vikas (72kg) and Nitesh (97kg) received their bronze medal play-offs with ease as India’s Greco Roman wrestlers cherished their finest ever present at a world occasion by profitable three medals on the U-23 world championship, right here.
Ankush had a herculean job at hand as she was up towards reigning Olympic and world champion and finally she proved no match to Susaki because the Japanese pinned the Indian in lower than two minutes within the girls’s 50kg remaining on Thursday.
Susaki created historical past with this win as she grew to become the primary wrestler to win wrestling’s ‘Grand Slam’.
She now has received gold medal on the Olympic Video games, and has 4 world titles — U17, U20, U23 and senior championships.
Vikas and Nitesh added to India’s tally on Wednesday evening, a day after Sajan Bhanwala broke the barrier with nation’s first ever medal within the championship when he claimed a bronze within the 77kg class.
Vikas blanked Japan’s Daigo Kobayashi 6-0 within the bronze bout whereas Nitesh beat Brazil’s Igor Fernando Alves de Queiroz by techincal superiority.
The end result got here when solely six of India’s 10 Greco Roman wrestlers secured visas to journey to Spain for the distinguished championship. 4 others have been denied visa. The Embassy denied visa to 21 Indian wrestlers total.
Vikas led 1-0 after scoring a degree on passivity of his rival. He had obtained an opportunity to attain extra factors however defended properly from floor place.
Within the fast-paced second interval, Vikas pushed his opponent out of the mat for yet another level. He made it 4-0 with a take-down on a counter assault and adopted that up with a intestine wrench transfer to make it 6-0.
Vikas stayed sturdy in his defence too and maintained his lead within the remaining 100 seconds of the bout to make sure a stroll as much as the rostrum.
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