Wrestlers set for World Championships starting today

BUDAPEST, Sept 15:
Buoyed by wrestling’s re-inclusion in the Olympic Games, a 22-strong Indian team of grapplers will fight out it against a strong international field in the World Championships starting here tomorrow.
After bagging two medals at the London Olympics, Indian wrestlers would be hoping to script another success story at the week-long championships.
The sport received a massive boost after it was endorsed by the International Olympic Committee to rejoin the Olympic movement as an additional sport for the 2020 and 2024 Games.
Being held after an Olympic year, the championships will begin with men’s freestyle competition (September 16-18) followed by women’s freestyle (18-20) and Greco-Roman (20-22) at the Papp Laszlo Sports Arena.
India’s only gold in the World Championships has come through two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar who won in the 66kg freestyle category in 2010. (PTI)

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