World Wrestling championship | Neha Sharma stays in medal race
The Hindu
Neha Sharma (55kg) moved into the repechage round at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept 18, despite losing to USA's Jacarra Winchester 7-2. Other Indians in the fray were unable to make it to the medal rounds.
Woman wrestler Neha Sharma (55kg) moved into the repechage round to stay in medal race at the World wrestling championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on September 18.
Neha was beaten by USA’s Jacarra Winchester 7-2 but made it to the repechage round as the American reached the final.
Other Indians in fray on September 18 could not make it to the medal rounds.
Anjili (59kg) got past Canada’s Laurence Beauregard 12-0 before going down to USA’s Jennifer Rogers 11-0.
In men’s freestyle, Anuj Kumar (65kg) lost to Mexico’s Austin Klee Gomez 8-7 in the opening round.
Sahil (97kg) beat Armenia’s Sergey Sargsyan 5-4 but was defeated by Kazakhstan’s Alisher Yergali 11-1.
Sachin Mor (79kg), who had entered the repechage round on Sunday, was ousted by North Macedonia’s Ahmad Madomedov 16-6.
Capt. Brijesh Chowta, Dakshina Kannada MP, on Saturday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to facilitate speeding up of ongoing critical infrastructure works in the region, including Mangaluru-Bengaluru NH 75 widening, establishment of Indian Coast Guard Academy, and merger of Konkan Railway Corporation with the Indian Railways.