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The 25-year-old Bajrang Punia from Haryana, who had claimed bronze and silver in the last two editions, lost to local favourite Daulet Niyazbekov. (Photo: PTI)

Bajrang Punia: 'Not even an Olympic medal will heal World C'ship semifinal loss'

The two were tied 9-9 after the bout but the Kazakh was declared winners by points, robbing Bajrang a chance to fight for the gold medal.

24 Sep 2019 5:44 PM

This was not an Olympic category and as a result, Rahul Aware has not qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: Twitter/SAI Media)

Rahul Aware wins bronze in World Wrestling Championships

Aware defeated USA's Tyler Lee Graff 11-4 in the 61-kg weight category to win the medal.

22 Sep 2019 7:15 PM

Due to Deepak Punia's inability to participate in the final, he will settle for the silver medal while the gold medal will be awarded to Hassan Yazdani of Iran. (Photo: Twitter))

Deepak Punia pulls out of World Wrestling Championship finals due to injury, settles for silver

The reigning junior world champion had won the semi-final bout of the World Wrestling Championships against Switzerland's Stefan Reichmuth.

22 Sep 2019 12:29 PM

Deepak Punia will now face the formidable Hassan Yazdani of Iran in finals of the WWC on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter)

Deepak Punia enters finals of the World Wrestling Championship

Earlier, Deepak prevailed in a tense semifinal against Colombia's Carlos Arturo Mendez.

21 Sep 2019 5:44 PM

With one minute to go, Deepak Punia was trailing 3-6 but pulled off a takedown and then expose move to take a 7-6 lead in the dying moments of the tense bout. (Photo: File)

Deepak Punia qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after beating Colombia's Carlos Arturo Mendez

In his maiden senior World Championship, Deepak locked the quota after prevailing 7-6 in a tense semifinal against Carlos Arturo Mendez.

21 Sep 2019 3:31 PM

The wrestler had previously won a medal in the junior championships. (Photo: Twitter)

Ravi Kumar wins bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships

Kumar defeated Reza Atrinagharchi of Iran 6-3 to clinch the medal in the 57-kg weight category.

21 Sep 2019 9:38 AM

The wrestler was trailing 2-6 in the match, but he was able to come back from behind to register a win in the match. (Photo: PTI)

Bajrang Punia bags bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships

Punia defeated Mongolia's Tulga Tumur Ochir 8-7 to clinch the medal in the 65 kg weight category.

20 Sep 2019 8:49 PM

Bajrang Punia's frustrated coach Shako Banitidis kicked the coach's block in anger, protesting the partisan officiating during the 65kg bout, which ended 9-9 after a nerve-wracking six minutes. (Photo: PTI)

Bajrang Punia controversially loses WWC semi-finals after securing Olympic berth

In the controversial bout, the referee gave ample time to tiring Niyazbekov to catch his breath and he was not warned at least thrice.

19 Sep 2019 8:00 PM

Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the 53-kg category. (Photo: Twitter)

Virat Kohli congratulates Vinesh Phogat for winning bronze in World Wrestling Championships

On Wednesday, Phogat clinched a bronze medal in women's 53-kg category of the WWC after defeating Greece's Maria Prevolariki 4-1.

19 Sep 2019 7:00 PM

Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the 53 kg category. (Photo: Twitter)

Vinesh Phogat bags bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships

Earlier in the day, Vinesh Phogat secured a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an impressive 8-2 win against USA's Sarah Hildebrandt.

18 Sep 2019 7:30 PM

The world body has introduced the seeding system for the first-time ever for the World Championship, utilising the pre-championship performance ranking points to determine the competitive seeds. (Photo: PTI)

Bajrang Punia becomes first Indian to get World Championship seeding

Bajrang, is seeded third in his weight category of 65kg class of the Freestyle event.

12 Oct 2018 10:00 AM

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