Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat (57kg) and Worlds bronze medallist Antim Panghal (girls’s 53kg) will appeal to the utmost consideration among the many Indian wrestlers at the World wrestling championships, beginning in Zagreb on Saturday.
Following a break after the Olympics, Aman returned to win a gold within the Ulaanbaatar Ranking Series. The third-seeded freestyler will look to earn his maiden Worlds medal within the aggressive weight class.
Fifth-seeded Udit, who took an Asian silver and two Ranking Series gold, may even be a contender for the rostrum.
Promising Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), adapting nicely to a weight class as soon as dominated by Bajrang Punia, has accomplished nicely claiming Asian under-23 and Hungary Ranking Series gold and will attempt to make his mark.
Olympian Deepak Punia (92kg), a former Worlds silver medallist and a present Asian silver medallist, shall be eager to revive his profession.
Among the ladies, Antim returned after her Paris disappointment to land an Asian bronze and two Ranking Series gold. Seeded fourth, she shall be desperate to stamp her class and safe her second Worlds medal.
Sixth-seeded Asian champion Manisha Bhanwala (62kg) and final 12 months’s Asian silver medallist Radhika Jaglan (68kg) have the required expertise too.
The formidable girls’s crew has a number of proficient children, together with World under-20 champion Tapsya Gahlawat (57kg) and double World under-20 medallist Priya Malik (76kg), Asian under-20 winner Ankush (50kg) and silver medallist Sarika (59kg).
In Greco Roman, Asian bronze medallist Nitesh Siwach (97kg) might put up some battle.
The Indians had a two weeks’ camp in Porec earlier than reaching Zagreb for the Worlds.
The squad: Men: Freestyle: Aman Sehrawat (57kg), Udit (61kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Rohit (70kg), Vikash Kumar (74kg), Amit (79kg), Mukul Dahiya (86kg), Deepak Punia (92kg), Vicky (97kg), Rajat Ruhal (125kg).
Greco Roman: Anil Mor (55kg), Suraj (60kg), Sunny Kumar (63kg), Anil (67kg), Ankit Gulia (72kg), Aman (77kg), Rahul (82kg), Karan Kamboj (87kg), Nitesh Siwach (97kg), Sonu (130kg).
Women: Ankush (50kg), Antim Panghal (53kg), Nishu (55kg), Tapsya Gahlawat (57kg), Sarika (59kg), Manisha Bhanwala (62kg), Vaishnavi Patil (65kg), Radhika Jaglan (68kg), Jyoti Berwal (72kg), Priya Malik (76kg).
