It has been a inexperienced patch for the younger wrestlers from the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) who participated on the U17 Cadet National Wrestling Championships and the Senior Open National Ranking Championship lately held in Uttar Pradesh between April sixteenth and seventeenth. The wrestlers bagged a complete of 8 medals.
In the U17 Cadet Championship, the wrestlers bagged two gold medals and 4 bronze medals, respectively. Shweta Sanju Annikeri (49 kg), a resident IIS wrestler hailing from Karnataka, bagged gold in her weight class. This is her 3rd important nationwide championship medal after successful a bronze on the Cadet National Championship in 2022 and a bronze on the Sub-Junior National Wrestling Championship in 2021. In the lady’s class, the second one medal was once a bronze received by means of Liza Tomar within the 61 kg class.
While within the boy’s class, gold was once bagged by means of Sonu Hooda within the 60 kg class. The last 3 bronze medals have been received by means of Harshvardhan Bhoyar (65kg), Mohammed Shazad (71kg) and Ashvani Yadav (71kg).
The accolades were not limited to the Cadet championships. The Senior Open National Ranking Championship held concurrently on the similar venue noticed two silver medals move to the impending ladies’s wrestling stars from IIS, Pushpa Yadav (53kg) and Harshita (72kg) bagged silver medals of their respective weight categories.
Speaking concerning the efficiency of the women, Yandro Quintana, a former Olympic gold medalist and Head Coach of Women’s Wrestling at IIS, mentioned, “India has certain strongholds for a particular sport, and wrestling is often concentrated in the northern states. It has taken It will take a long time for us to build capabilities, and now we have a strong set of individuals who are already showing results at the domestic level and this year’s International results will also improve significantly.”
“I am really happy with the performance that the girls have put in, and now we only wish to improve from here,” added Quintana.