U17 World Wrestling Championships: Indian female wrestlers shine with four gold medals

India had a glittering night night at the U17 World Wrestling Championships on Thursday as four female wrestlers won gold medals. Mansi Lather (women’s freestyle 73 kg), Pulkit (women’s freestyle 65 kg), Neha Sangwan (women’s freestyle 57 kg) and Aditi Kumari (women’s freestyle 43 kg) won gold medals. Overall, India have won six medals so far in the competition, including two bronze medals by Ronak Dahiya (greco-roman 110 kg) and Sainath Pardhi (greco-roman 51 kg).

The World Championships are being played at the Princess Sumaya Bint al-Hasan Arena in Amman, Jordan. They started on August 19 and will be running till Sunday, August 25.

In the competition, the matches are taking place in all disciplines, men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle with each of them offering medals in 10 different weight categories. Four medals per weight category are being awarded.

Indian wrestlers are competing in 29 of 30 medal events, with 10 in greco-roman, 10 in men’s freestyle wrestling and nine in women’s freestyle.

At last year’s championships, India had secured one gold, seven silver and three bronze medals, making it 11 medals.

After her gold medal win, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated Neha on X.

Indian wrestlers at U17 World Wrestling Championships 2024:

Women’s freestyle: Bala Raj (40kg), Aditi Kumari (43kg), Shrutika Patil (46kg), Muskan (53kg), Neha Sangwan (57kg), Rajnita (61kg), Pulkit (65kg), Kajal (69kg), Mansi Lather (73kg).

Men’s freestyle: Shivam (45kg), Harsh (48kg), Kartik (51kg), Jaiveer Singh (55kg), Sitender (60kg), Sagar (65kg), Nishant Ruhil (71kg), Vevik (80kg), Sunny (92kg), Jaspooran Singh (110kg)

Greco-Roman: Kedar Kamble (45kg), Bikash Kacchap (48kg), Sainath Pardhi (51kg), Samarth Mhakave (55kg), Gaurav (60kg), Anuj (65kg), Sachin Kumar (71kg), Nishant Phogat (80kg), Lucky (92kg), Ronak Dahiya (110kg).

With agency inputs