India’s World Wrestling Championships campaign began poorly as four Indian Greco-Roman grapplers lost their opening round bouts in Paris on Monday. None of them got a chance of a repechage as well because their opponents lost in the subsequent rounds.
Yogesh, who was competing in the 71kg category, lost in the round-of-32 to Takeshi Izumi of Japan 3-1. Gurpreet Singh lost 1-5 to Mindia Tsulukidze of Georgia in the 75kg category.
Competing in the 85kg category, Ravinder Khatri was thrashed 8-0 by Viktor Lorincz of Hungary, while Hardeep Singh was defeated 2-5 by Vilius Laurinaitis of Lithuania in the 98kg category.
Results
Round-of-32 (71kg): India’s Yogesh lost to Takeshi Izumi of Japan: 1-3
Round-of-32 (85kg): India’s Ravinder Khatri lost to Viktor Lorincz of Hungary: 0-8
Round-of-32 (98kg): India’s Hardeep Singh lost to Vilius Laurinaitis of Lithuania: 2-5
Qualification round (75kg): India’s Gurpreeth Singh lost to Mindia Tsulukidze of Georgia: 5-1
