India’s Veer Dev Gulia entered the semi-finals of Under-23 World Championships in Budapest on day 1 today. 22-year-old Gulia wrestled brilliantly to defeat DAMJIN Batzul of Mongolia in 79 kg Freestyle category. Gulia won the one-sided bout against the Mongolian by 11-1.
The 2017 Junior World Championship bronze medallist Gulia will be up against Abubakr Abakarov of Azerbaijan in the Semi-Finals.
Earlier, India’s Sharvan dished out absolutely brilliant performance in the 65 kg weight category to defeat Rifat Saibotalov of Kazakhstan. Sharvan gave a display of very attacking wrestling to defeat the Kazakh 8-6 and book his place in the quarterfinals of U23 World Wrestling championships. In the last 16 bout, Akash Antil easily dismantled Li Xu from China 10-0 in 97 kg category. Antil will play his quarterfinal bout against Danylo Stasiuk of Ukraine.