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Sujeet Kalkal claims India’s solitary gold medal at U-23 wrestling World Championships | More sports News

India wrestler Sujeet Kalka. (ANI File photo) New Delhi: India’s Sujeet Kalkal became only the fourth Indian to ever claim a gold medal at the U23 World Wrestling Championships after defeating Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov by technical superiority in the men’s 65kg final in Serbia’s Novi Sad on Monday.Kalkal, a former U20 and U23 Asian champion,…

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Vishvajit More carries forward Kolhapur’s rich wrestling legacy by claiming back-to-back bronze at U23 Worlds | More sports News

New Delhi: Kolhapur, in Maharashtra’s south, has a long and rich tradition of wrestling and was considered the wrestling capital of India long before Haryana emerged as the sport’s hotbed.The world remembers Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, the legendary wrestler from Maharashtra, as independent India’s first individual Olympic medallist. At the same Summer Games in Helsinki 1952,…

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