Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: April 22, 2023, 11:35 IST
It has been a inexperienced patch for the younger wrestlers from the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) who participated at the U17 Cadet National Wrestling Championships and the Senior Open National Ranking Championship just lately held in Uttar Pradesh between April sixteenth and seventeenth. The wrestlers bagged a complete of eight medals.
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In the U17 Cadet Championship, the wrestlers bagged two gold medals and 4 bronze medals, respectively. Shweta Sanju Annikeri (49 kg), a resident IIS wrestler hailing from Karnataka, bagged gold in her weight class. This is her third important nationwide championship medal after successful a bronze at the Cadet National Championship in 2022 and a bronze at the Sub-Junior National Wrestling Championship in 2021. In the lady’s class, the second medal was a bronze received by Liza Tomar within the 61 kg class.
While within the boy’s class, gold was bagged by Sonu Hooda within the 60 kg class. The remaining three bronze medals have been received by Harshvardhan Bhoyar (65kg), Mohammed Shazad (71kg) and Ashvani Yadav (71kg).
The accolades weren’t restricted to the Cadet championships. The Senior Open National Ranking Championship held concurrently at the identical venue noticed two silver medals go to the upcoming ladies’s wrestling stars from IIS, Pushpa Yadav (53kg) and Harshita (72kg) bagged silver medals of their respective weight lessons.
Speaking in regards to the efficiency of the women, Yandro Quintana, a former Olympic gold medallist and Head Coach of Women’s Wrestling at IIS, stated, “India has certain strongholds for a particular sport, and wrestling is often concentrated in the northern states. It has taken a long time for us to build capabilities, and now we have a strong set of individuals who are already showing results at the domestic level and this year International results will also improve significantly.”
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“I am really happy with the performance that the girls have put in, and now we only wish to improve from here,” added Quintana.
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