After Indian wrestlers put up their best-ever show at the just-concluded World Wrestling Championships, it is time for the young grapplers of the country to shine when they take to the mat at the Tata Motors 2nd Under-23 Men’s Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Women’s National Wrestling Championships at Shirdi, Maharashtra from September 27 to 29, 2019.
This is only the second edition of the U-23 Nationals where last year’s 57kg champion Ravi Kumar Dahiya was the breakout star when the event was held in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. While Dahiya not only went on to win a silver medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship, the Delhi wrestler showed terrific maturity to grab a bronze even at the Senior World Wrestling Championships this year, besides securing a prized Tokyo Olympic quota.
Dahiya’s success story will fuel the 500 male and 300 female wrestlers from 28 states who will vie for medals in 10 weight categories in each of the freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s events for the next 3 days.
Kunal is young and upcoming sports reporter & sports Tech enthusiast. He eats & breathes the sport of wrestling and follows the Indian and global wrestling to the core. Kunal is WrestlingTV’s Senior Producer. He tracks and reports on India’s wrestling developments for WrestlingTV.in
