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After winning two back-to-back bouts, Indian wrestler Sajan Bhanwal lost to defending champion Daniel Cataraga in the semi-final of 77kg category in the U-23 World Championships. The Indian will now fight for a bronze medal in his next bout as he failed to make it to the summit clash.

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has become the World’s Number 1 wrestler in the 65 kilograms freestyle category. The improvement in the ranking for the grappler comes at the back of a gold medal wins at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games and a silver at the World Championship in wrestling.

Indian female wrestling trio of Sakshi Malik, Ritu Mailk and Pooja Dhanda are all in contention for a bronze medal at the ongoing Wrestling World Championships being held in Budapest, Hungary. All the three Indian wrestlers now need three wins each to land on the podium via repechage.

Bajrang Punia, who became just the fourth wrestler to reach the final of the World Championships, had to settle for a silver medal after he lost to Takuto Otoguro in the final in Budapest. Otoguro constantly attacked Punia as he emerged as champion by a score of 16-9 in the final bout.