2017 Junior Asian Championship gold medallist Sharvan Singh will lead India’s 30-member campaign as more than 600 wrestlers from 60 countries will participate at the 3rd Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. India will be hoping to improve its performance from the last edition where Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal in 57kg at the Championship starting from Oct 28 to Nov 3. 

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One of India's key medal hopes

While freestyle exponent, Sharvan (65kg) remains one of India’s key medal hopes, the squad also has the likes of Greco-Roman wrestler, Sajan Bhanwal who has three medals from the World Junior Championships in 77kg and would be looking to grab his first medal from the U-23 Worlds. Among the women, Pinki and Reshma Mane are looking to make their mark on the world stage.On the first day of the championships, Navin (57kg), Naveen (70kg), Virdev Gulia (79kg), and Akash Antil (97kg) will be in action, besides Sharvan (65kg).Based on the current form of these wrestlers, the WFI is expecting a better performance at the World Championships after the boys’ team and the girls’ team underwent 15 days of rigorous training at Sonipat and Lucknow respectively.

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Here's all you need to know about the tournament

The championship will be underway with Men’s freestyle competition on the first two days followed by Women’s Wrestling, with the Greco Roman competition scheduled on the final three days. The first edition of the tournament was played in 2017 in Poland where Bajrang Punia led India to three silver medals. In the second edition, it was Ravi Kumar Dahiya who went on to prove his mettle at the 2019 Senior World Championships by claiming the bronze and confirming the 57kg freestyle category berth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The entire action from the seven-day UWW U-23 World Championships 2019 will be streamed live and exclusive on www.wrestlingtv.in.

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