The World Senior Championships, which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from September 10 to 18, will include a number of notable Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat.
After trials on Monday and Tuesday at the SAI Training Centers in Lucknow and Sonepat, the Indian squad was selected.
The men’s freestyle team will feature Olympic medalists Bajrang and Ravi Dahiya as well as 2019 World Championships silver medalist Deepak Punia. The women’s team will be captained by Tokyo Olympian Vinesh, who earned a hat-trick of gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games earlier this month.
Gold medalists from the Birmingham CWG, Bajrang (65 kg), Ravi Dahiya (57 kg), and Deepak Punia (86 kg), received exemptions from the trials.
The Indian Squad:
Women:
50kg: Retrial to be held; 53kg: Vinesh Phogat; 55kg: Sushma Shooken; 57kg: Sarita Mor; 59kg: Mansi Ahlawat; 62kg: Sonam Malik; 65kg: Shefali; 68kg: Nisha Dahiya; 72kg: Reetika; 76kg: Priyanka.
Men:
Freestyle: Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Pankaj Malik (61kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg), Naveen Malik (70kg), Sagar Jaglan (74kg), Deepak Mirka (79kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Vicky Hooda (92kg), Vicky Chahar (97kg), Dinesh Dhankar (125kg)
Greco-Roman:Â Arjun Halakurki (55kg), Gyanender (60kg), Neeraj (63kg), Ashu (67kg), Vikas (72kg), Sachin (77kg), Harpreet Singh (82kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Deepanshu (97kg), Satish (130kg).
Image Credit: Wrestling Federation Of India
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