Haryana’s Deepak Punia on his option to profitable his quarterfinal bout towards statemate Rahul Hooda within the males’s 92kg freestyle class within the Senior Open Rating Wrestling event, in Nandininagar, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Could 10, 2026.
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An 86kg silver medallist on the 2019 World championships and 2022 Asian Video games, Deepak Punia made a powerful comeback by reaching the 92kg freestyle last on the opening day of the Senior Open Rating wrestling event on the Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya campus right here on Sunday (Could 10, 2026).
Trying in fine condition, Punia — who was stranded on the Dubai Worldwide Airport with Sujeet Kalkal attributable to extreme flooding in April 2024 and couldn’t make it to the Asian Olympic qualifier in Bishkek — gave dominating performances to beat Rahul 10-0, Sachin Kumar 11-0, Abhishek (who withdrew attributable to an harm), Rahul Hooda ‘by fall’ and Raja 11-0 to arrange a title conflict with Vansh.
The largest upset of the day occurred when former Asian bronze medallist and Asian under-23 champion 24-year-old Anirudh Kumar misplaced to a lesser identified Rohit in a 125kg spherical of 16 bout.
Anirudh acquired previous Harsh and Pushpender earlier than struggling an 8-4 defeat. Rohit fell to Shubham 3-4 within the quarterfinal, ending Anirudh’s probabilities of making it to the repechage spherical and preventing for a bronze.
By the way, the event, which was scheduled to be held in 2023 however was stopped due to the wrestlers’ protest, returned to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) calendar on the similar venue.
A number of bouts underway on the Senior Open Rating Wrestling event performed not in a a stadium however in a prolonged shed, in Nandini Nagar, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, Could 10, 2026.
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SANDEEP SAXENA
The taking part in enviornment, which was supposed to draw all the eye due to Vinesh Phogat’s comeback from retirement earlier than the ace wrestler was thought of ineligible, acquired a large variety of entries as wrestlers collaborating right here stand to get an opportunity to take part in World championships and Commonwealth championships choice trials.
Following a delayed begin of two hours, altogether 593 freestyle wrestlers from 10 weight classes went by their bouts by the day and late into the night earlier than the federation determined to conduct bouts as much as semifinals and maintain the medal matches on Monday morning.
Revealed – Could 10, 2026 09:34 pm IST
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