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The  Asian Wrestling Championships  in Delhi will be star studded affair, especially in 53kg category. After World Silver medallist Mayu Mukaida’s confirmation now world number 4 Pang Qiyanu of China has also confirmed her participation in the Delhi edition.  Only top 4 players likely to skip the Asian championships will be world champion Yong Mi Pak of North Korea. This will give opportunity to the queen of Indian wrestling to create history by grabbing world number 1 ranking for the first time. Race to Asian Title & World Rankings Vinesh recently won the gold medal at the Rome Ranking Series event to move up to number 2 in the UWW World Rankings pushing Mukaida to number 3.  The ranking table in the 53kg is headed by Pak YONG Mi with 60 points, Vinesh with 41 points is at second position in the rankings and Mukaida is at number 3 with 40 points. Pang Qiyanu of China with 37 points is at number 4th. Vinesh moved one-point...

The Queen of Indian wrestling Vinesh Phogat upset, questions the Padma Shri snub Wrestler  Vinesh Phogat  has questioned the selection system for the list of sportspersons who receive the Government awards every year after her name did not feature in the list, which was released on Saturday.  Phogat, who won bronze at the  2019 World Wrestling Championships , did not feature in the list of eight sportspersons who were awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  In the year 2019, Phogat won two bronze medals (Asian and World Wrestling Championships) and two gold in Yasar Dogu International and Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw. “Every year our Government awards several sportspersons. These awards serve as great encouragement for sports and for athletes to continue chasing excellence. “But it’s also seen that numerous times these awards don’t honour current achievements or instances of sporting success in the recent past. ...

Pooja Gehlot recovering from injured elbow, requests WFI for final trial in February Just 2 months back  Pooja Gehlot  was the cynosure of all eyes as she won the historic silver medal at the Under 23 world championships in Budapest last November.  S o impressive was her performance at the world’s that Indian wrestling great Sushil Kumar predicted golden future for her. But 2 months down the line  Pooja  is struggling to recover from an injury that she sustained during her semifinal bout in the U23 World Championship.  Pooja  suffered from Grade II – Elbow Ligament Tear during the bout. This has resulted in 22 year old Delhi girl missing out on first on the senior national championships in Jalandhar and then the most crucial national trials for selection of the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers.  Pooja was targeting a spot in the Indian team for the Olympic qualifiers in 50kg category but untimely injury has messed up her plans. 5...

Snow showers welcomes Deepak and Ravi on Russian training stint, Sushil Kumar to join the duo soon for the camp Ace Indian wrestlers Deepak Punia and Rome Ranking Series gold medallist Ravi Dahiya have reached Makhachkala in Russia for the 3 week training stint. As soon as the duo landed in Russia they were welcome by the snow showers and sub-zero temperatures. “It’s really cold here and tough conditions. But training in these conditions with the best of wrestlers will make us really tough”. Dahiya and Punia have already booked the berths for the Olympics Games in Tokyo this year. The duo will train under noted coach Murad Gaudrov at the three-week training camp in Russia. The training arrangement is part of the Tata Motors wrestling development programme. “The camp adds to our skills in more than one ways as we train with different, highly skilled wrestlers. With strong sparring partners, we learn to deal with the big match challenges in a real match-like situations. We also...

UWW Rankings : Greco-Roman wrestlers shine as Gurpreet, Sunil makes entry in top 10 of global rankings For the first time ever Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers are making their presence felt in the  UWW  ranking charts.  The world body of wrestling,  UWW  has released their latest list as the first ranking series tournament of 2020 concluded in Rome and Indian Greco wrestlers Gurpreet Singh and Sunil Kumar both have made entry in the top 10 rankings list. Greco-Roman wrestlers Gurpreet, Sunil biggest gainers No one will now tell them that the Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers are not up to the global standards. India’s Gurpreet won gold and Sunil Kumar won silver in Rome and that has catapulted them to top 10 in the UWW world rankings for the first time. In the 82kg weight category, Gurpreet debuts at number 10th in the world jumping 15 places from 25th.  The biggest gainer was Sunil Kumar in the 87kg category who has moved from 33rd position to ...

After Ravi, Bajrang Punia also wins gold on final day of Rome Ranking Series, Indian team finishes with 7 medals The Indian champion Bajrang Punia was rusty, was short of match practice but still was good to win the finals of the Rome Ranking Series. In the finals Bajrang got better of American Jordan Oliver by 4-3 scoreline. The American repeatedly tried exploiting weakness of leg defense of the Indian, he succeeded for a while but in the end World number 3 ranked wrestler somehow prevailed to win his 4th Ranking Series gold.   Earlier the 2019 world bronze medallist had to work hard for his semi-final victory over Vasyl Shuptar of Ukraine. The fluency of Punia’s moves were missing and also missing was his fluent footwork – but still Bajrang held on to his nerves to score 6-4 victory against the Ukrainian.  Shuptar had earned massive victory against 2019 world bronze medallist Eshanpoor of Iran in the quarterfinals. ...

Rome Ranking Series : Ravi Dhaiya reigns supreme in 61kg, wins another gold for India The fourth day of the  Rome Ranking Series  started on a bad note for India as 2019 world medallist  Deepak Punia  crashed out of the tournament in the opening round. But his good mate  Ravi Dhaiya  brought back smile on the Indian faces as he won all 3 bouts to win gold medal for India in 61kg category. This was India’s 3rd gold at the 2020  Rome Ranking Series .  Before Dhaiya, Vinesh Phogat and Gurpreet won yellow metal for India. In his 3rd and final bout of the day, World Championship bronze medallist Dhaiya looked extremely strong and superior to his opponent as he defeated Nurbolat Abdulaiyev of Kazakhstan with tremendous ease to seal the gold medal. Dhaiya won the bout 12-2. Earlier in the second bout, Dhaiya squared off against Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan, who like him won the bronze medal at the 2019 world ch...

Vinesh Phogat starts year 2020 with a bang, wins gold medal at Rome Ranking Series The wrestling queen of India  Vinesh Phogat  has won gold medal at the 2020 season’s first  Ranking Series  event in Rome. The final between Vinesh and  Luisa Elizabeth Valverde of Equador was completely one sided affair as Ecuadorian wrestler never looked posing any threat to Vinesh. The champion from India won the bout 4-0 and secured India’s 2nd gold medal at the ongoing championships.  Earlier in the semi-finals India’s best bet for Tokyo 2020 was at her best as she defeated two time world medallist Qiyanu Pang of China 4-2.  Pang like Vinesh is a bronze medal winner in the 2019 world championships in Nur-Sultan.  In the last 8 match, 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh defeated the Under 23 World Champion Lannuan Lu of China to make it to the last 4 of the Rome  Ranking Series .  Phogat has been ...

UWW Ranking Series Day 4 : Bajrang Punia and Deepak Punia in action, Catch the action LIVE on WrestlingTV.in India’s world championship medallists Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia and Ravi Dhaiya will be seen in action on the 4th and final day of the UWW Ranking Series wrestling in Rome. India already has won 5 medals at the season’s first UWW ranking series event and will look to pick few more on Saturday. Bajrang Punia good for gold in 65kg  – Bajrang, a 2018 word silver medalist and 2019 world bronze-medal finisher will be the favorite to pick the gold medal in 65kg. Neither the top Russians are in Rome nor Otugoro of Japan.  Bajrang’s main competition will come from Iran’s reigning world bronze medalist Behnam EHSANPOOR on his road to a potential fourth career Ranking Series gold. Hassan Yazdani injured, Deepak Punia favourite in 86kg  – India’s junior world champion and senior world silver medallist Deepak Punia will start as the top seed in the absence of Olymp...

UWW Rome Ranking Series : Vinesh Phogat in action today, will she make golden start to 2020, Watch it LIVE on WrestlingTV.IN The wrestling fraternity of India will wait with bated breath as queen of the Indian wrestling Vinesh Phogat starts her 2020 season in Rome today. Phogat has been training in Kiev, Ukraine and will be seen in action in the 53kg category. In the absence of 2019 World Champion Pak Yong Mi of North Korea and World number 2 Mayu Mukaida of Japan, Phogat will be the top seed and favorite to win gold in the category. Watch out for Vinesh vs Qiyanu Pang today The biggest challenge for the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh will come from World number 4 Qiyanu Pang of China. In the entire list of 17 wrestlers in fray in the 53kg, Pang is the only one who can stop Vinesh from winning the first gold at the UWW Ranking series event. In the 50kg category, Nirmala Devi of India will be seen in action. 32 year old Nirmala has made comeback in the Indian team a...

Gurpreet wins historic Gold, India ends day 2 with 3 medals in the UWW Rome Ranking Series wrestling India’s  Gurpreet Singh  has created history by winning gold in the  UWW Rome Ranking Series  wrestling as he became first Indian to win  Ranking Series  level gold in Greco-Roman category.  Gurpreet  scored 8-5 victory over Burhan AKBUDAK of Turkey in the 82kg finals. It is worth noting that  Gurpreet  moved to 82kg non-olympic category at the very last minute of the competitions as his regular category in 77kg. India had some more to cheer from the Greco-Roman wrestling front as Sajan Bhanwal won bronze medal for the country in the 77kg. Sajan defeated Emrah Kus of Turkey by fall to win bronze. This was India’s 3 medal in the Greco-Roman category as Sunil Kumar won Silver on the day 1 in the 87kg category of the competitions. Anshu Malik settles with Silver The magic of Anshu Malik of India finally ended in the gol...

Rome Ranking Series Day 2 : Can Indian women deliver in Rome, watch Divya, Sonam, Anshu Malik in action today LIVE on WrestlingTV.in The Indian Women wrestling team will be in action today on the day 2 of the UWW Rome Ranking series. Though India’s biggest bet in the sport Vinesh Phogat is scheduled to start on Friday, the 4 other Indian girls will be in action today in Rome. The Asian Games Bronze medallist Divya Kakran (68kg), 2 time Cadet World Champ Sonam Malik (62kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Kiran Bishnoi (76kg) will be seen on mat today at the season’s first ranking series event in Rome. Big test for Sonam & Anshu in the Rome Ranking Series India has landed in Rome with two debutants in the senior squad, both Sonam & Anshu Malik will begin their senior careers with the Rome Ranking series.  Sonam has made it to the Indian team after shocking Sakshi Malik in the WFI trials and will take on loaded field in the 62kg category that includes the likes of ...

Rome Ranking Series Day 1 : Sunil wins Silver in 87kg, Ashu, Sachin fails in bronze bouts India’s  Sunil Kumar  gave good account of himself but still lost out on gold medal on the day 1 of  UWW Rome Ranking Series  event. Sunil was up against the UWW Greco-Roman wrestler of the year Victor Lorincz of Hungary in the finals of the 87kg.  Coming into the Matteo Pellicone, LORINCZ already owned a 5 ranking series title and undefeated record in the ranking events. The 2019 Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year defeated   Sunil   to capture his sixth career Ranking Series title on Wednesday night in the Roman seaside town of Ostia. In the finals Asian Championship Silver medallist Sunil quickly gave 2 point lead to multiple world medallist Lorincz. The last year’s world runner-up, picked up an inactivity point and a stepout in the first period.  Sunil cut the deficit by 1 as his opponent was penalized for ...

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Wrestler  Bajrang Punia   took home the prize of the Sportsman of the Year in individual sports at the Sportstar Aces Awards on Monday, beating cue sports player Pankaj Advani and boxer Amit Panghal to the award. Bajrang  underlined his class by winning an Olympic quota place and his third  World Wrestling Championships  medal at Nur Sultan, Kazakhastan. He beat Tulga Tumur of Mongolia to finish with a bronze medal, his second world championships bronze, and emerge as the most successful Indian in the event by a mile. “I am sad to not be present with you all there. I am occupied with the season’s first tournament, which is a world ranking one and will help up in Olympic qualificat He continued:  “I thank Sportstar and The Hindu for giving me this award. I will try my best to have our country’s flag flying high at the Olympics and I request you to continue to show me your love and blessings.” The 25-year-old also bagged gold medals at top-le...

Rome Ranking Series : Indian wrestling team reaches Rome with their top squad, watch action live on WrestlingTV.in Reigning world medalists Ravi Dhaiya, Bajrang Punia, Deepak PUNIA, Vinesh Phogat will lead a loaded Indian freestyle squad into the Matteo Pellicone, the first ranking series of 2020. WrestlingTV.in, the exclusive digital destination for the sport of wrestling in India will bring the entire LIVE and EXCLUSIVE for the fans from the ranking series in Rome.  WrestlingTV in last few months has brought the sport closer to the fans by live-streaming all national and international wrestling events live and exclusive in the Indian Sub-Continent market. High Hopes from the Indian Squad –  The Indian team will be challenged by biggest of the global stars of wrestling as more than 30 world medallists including Kyle Dake, Mensha Stock, Frank Chamizo, Adeline Gray are set to participate in the event. The Japanese along with the top Russian wrestlers are yet to con...

Aware pips Ravinder for Asian Wrestling Championships berth Experience prevailed over youthful exuberance of Under-23 UWW World Championship finalist Ravinder Kumar as battled-hardened  Rahul Aware  booked an Asian Championship berth at the  Wrestling Federation of India  selection trials in Sonepat, Haryana, today (Monday). The governing body for wrestling in India has conducted the selection trials in non-Olympic categories to complete the squads for the Asian Wrestling Championships, to be held in New Delhi from February 18 to 23. The 2019 UWW World Championship bronze medallist Aware made it to the Indian men’s freestyle squad for the Asian event next month, edging out promising Ravinder 3-1. Selection trials for the Olympic weight categories for men and women have already been conducted in New Delhi and Lucknow respectively. India’s only bronze medallist in women wrestling, Sakshi Malik though had almost missed the opportunity to stake cl...

Indian Wrestling Trials: Sakshi makes a comeback, wins trials in 65kg, Sarita, Pinky also qualifies After disappointment in the 62kg category,  Sakshi Malik  has made it to the Indian team by winning trials in the 65kg category.  The  Wrestling Federation of India  conducted trials in Lucknow on Sunday morning for the non-olympic categories for selecting the Indian team for the Asian Wrestling Championship. After disappointment in the 62kg category,  Sakshi Malik  has made it to the Indian team by winning trials in the 65kg category.  The Wrestling Federation of India  conducted trials in Lucknow on Sunday morning for the non-olympic categories for selecting the Indian team for the Asian Wrestling Championship. Sakshi triumphed over everyone to qualify from 65kg. Earlier  18 year old Sonam shocked Sakshi Malik last week to qualify in 62kg category to qualify for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, Ranking Series event...