Manisha Bhanwala becomes third Indian woman to reach World Wrestling Championships Final

Manisha Bhanwala (59kg) was the third Indian lady to enter the ultimate on the World wrestling championships in Astana on Thursday (October 29, 2026).

Manisha, who returned from the Asian Video games with out a medal in 57kg and jumped to the non-Olympic weight class on the Worlds, shocked World championships bronze medallist Laurence Beauregard by pinning the Canadian within the second interval. Then she beat Mongolian Olympian Bolortuya Khurelkhuu 6-0 and pinned Kazakhstan’s World under-23 bronze medallist Altyn Shagayeva to achieve the title conflict.

Within the last on Friday (October 30, 2026), Manisha will face USA’s Pan-American champion Abigail Elizabeth Nette.

Earlier, Neelam Sirohi (50kg) and Kajal Dhochak (76kg) secured silver medals for the nation.

Ahilya Shinde (55kg) was crushed 9-6 by Turkey’s Tuba Demir within the last-eight stage.

In males’s freestyle, Vicky (97kg) was defeated 12-2 by Japan’s Asian champion and Worlds bronze medallist Arash Yoshida within the quarterfinals. The Indian made it to the repechage spherical to remain within the race for a bronze medal.

Asian Video games champion Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) had disappointment in retailer as misplaced 3-3 on standards to Abdulmazhid Kudiev within the quarterfinals. Sujeet had rallied from 2-9 all the way down to beat the Tajikistan wrestler within the Asiad last.