Three Indian wrestlers – Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Manish (60kg) and Naveen (130kg) – will be in action today at the Greco-Roman bouts continue at the UWW World Senior Wrestling Championships 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Having recorded India’s best-ever show at the Asian Wrestling Championships in April, India’s Greco-Roman grapplers have so far struggled to make a mark at this prestigious event.
Asian Championships silver medallist Gurpreet however, will be hoping to change that when takes on Austria’s Michael Wagner in the qualifying rounds on Day 3 of the event. The winner will progress into the Round of 32.
In 60kg, rising talent Manish, who had narrowly missed out on a bronze medal at the Junior World Wrestling Championship in 2017, will aim to win a bout at the senior event a year after managing to clear the qualifications. This time he is starting in the main draw where he will lock horns with Finland’s Lauri Johannes Maehoenen.
In 130kg, Naveen will vie for a berth in the Round of 16 when he meets Cuba’s 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships gold medallist Oscar Pino Hinds in the qualifying stages.
All the action from the UWW Senior World Wrestling Championships 2019 can be followed on live on WrestlingTV.
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