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Wreslter Sumit Malik seals Tokyo Olympic quota; Amit Dhankar, Satywart Kadiyan ousted
•It is the first time that 28-year-old Malik, who is a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, has made the cut for the Olympics.
Asian Wrestling Championships: Sarita Mor collects nine straight points to retain title; Seema Bisla, Pooja win bronze
•Sarita, who won gold at the 2020 championship in New Delhi, lagged 1-7 after a botched up challenge but turned it around with a tremendous fight back against Mongolia's Shoovdor Baatarjav.
Wrestlers Sandeep Singh Mann, Satywart Kadian and Sumit Malik fail to seal Tokyo berths at Asian Olympic Qualifiers
•All those who missed out have one last chance to make the cut for the Tokyo Games at the World Olympic Qualifiers, scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 6-9 May.
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav cleared for World Cup in Serbia after returning negative COVID-19 test
•The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) confirmed that he will travel to Belgrade on 14 December along with the men's freestyle squad.
National wrestling camps for Tokyo Olympics hopefuls to begin on 1 September, announces SAI
•While the month-long wrestling camp for the male grapplers will be held at SAI Sonepat, the women will train at the nodal sports body's Lucknow centre.
Wrestling contemplating World Championships after Tokyo Olympics in 2021, reveals global body's vice president
•UWW plans to keep the world championship in its 2021 calendar as it would be the first time the event was staged in an Olympic year, its vice-president said on Monday.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2020: Triple bronze blitz ensures India's best-ever performance in Greco-Roman category
Shantanu Srivastava •Arjun Halakurki (55 kg), Ashu (67 kg), Aditya Kundu (72 kg), Sunil Kumar (87 kg), and Hardeep (97 kg) won medals for India in the Greco-Roman category across two days.
Deepak Punia reveals overcoming shoulder injury to win gold in Junior World Wrestling Championships, end India's 18-year wait
•Deepak Punia was so determined to break India's 18-year-old medal drought at the Worlds and realise his family dream that he risked aggravating a shoulder injury sustained during the semi-final.
Bajrang Punia defends 65 kg title at Tbilisi Grand Prix; Vinesh Phogat reaches fourth final at Medved
•India's top two wrestlers continued their impressive run this season with Bajrang Punia defending his title at Tbilisi Grand Prix and Vinesh Phogat reaching her fourth final at Medved event.
Wrestling World Championships: Sushil Kumar’s pullout puts spotlight on unheralded Jitender Kumar
Turja •The towering presence of Sushil Kumar and Narsingh Yadav in his weight category meant despite his impressive frame of over six feet, Jitender Kumar was always overshadowed.