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Young Indian wrestler Anshu Malik has bagged a bronze medal at the ongoing Junior Wrestling World Championships in Trnava, Slovakia by defeating Russia's Alina Kazymova 11-5 in the bronze medal bout of 59kg category. Another Indian wrestler Anju lost her bronze medal match against Russia's Verbina.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia has threatened to move to the court after he was rejected from the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. The union sports ministry has decided to present the biggest sporting award of the country to cricket captain Virat Kohli and star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu.

Indian wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Divya Kakran have decided to pull out of the World Wrestling Championship to be held this year. Struggling with form Sushil has decided to stay away from the prestigious event while Kakran is suffering from an ankle injury after the Asian Games in Indonesia.

After winning the first gold medal for India in the ongoing Asian games, wrestler Bajrang Punia has termed this as the biggest medal of his career. He has also stated that winning a gold medal at the Asiad will help him put up a great show at the Tokyo Olympics to be played in 2020.