Viswajit More Wins Historic Greco-Roman Silver At U23 World Wrestling Championship (SAI Media)
\n\nVishvajit Ramchandra More came agonisingly close to winning a historic gold in the 55 kg Greco-Roman category at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, but lost the final 12-14 to Georgia’s Koba Karumidze to settle for the silver, which is still a monumental feat as no other Indian had ever qualified for the Greco-Roman final before More.
\n\nMore had qualified for the final with a 7-4 win over Russia's Malik Gigiev 7-4. He had also defeated Mexico’s Isaac Marin Mata 10-8 before thrashing U20 world champion and one of the contenders for the title, Armin Shamsipour of Iran 8-1 en route to the final.
\n\nEarlier, More had won back-to-back bronze medals in the 2024 and 2025 editions. At the U23 World Championships last year, he defeated Kazakhstan’s Yerassyl Mmayrbekov 5-4 in the bronze medal match in Novi Sad, Serbia.
\n\nMeanwhile, in other results, other Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers in the fray could not reach the medal round, with Chetan (63kg) losing his pre-quarterfinal and Karan Kamboj (87kg) suffering a heavy technical superiority defeat in the qualification round.
\n\nIn the women's event, Komal lost her semifinal by…
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