Maharashtra finish 3rd as Haryana dominate again; U17 National Wrestling Championship

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:

Haryana once again asserted supremacy at the Under-17 National Wrestling Championship, clinching the overall title in the boys’ freestyle category on the second day at the Divisional Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh delivered a decent performance to secure second place, while Maharashtra had to settle for third position.

In a commanding display, Haryana won 4 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals, accumulating a total of 205 points to lift the overall championship trophy, which is their second after their girls' showing yesterday.

Uttar Pradesh put up a strong challenge, finishing with 1 gold, 2 silver, and 5 bronze medals, earning 146 points.

Host state Maharashtra secured third place with 1 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze medals, totaling 110 points.

Some of the results of boys freestyle:

45 kg:

Gold: Abhinav (Haryana)

Silver: Rajvardhan (Maharashtra)

Bronze: Tejas (Karnataka), Gautam (SSCB)

48 kg:

Gold: Aryan (Uttar Pradesh)

Silver: Shreyas (SSCB)

Bronze: Sahil (Haryana), Tungapalli Venkatesh (Telangana)

51 kg:

Gold: Pranav Ghare (SSCB)

Silver: Mohit (Haryana)

Bronze: Anurag Thakur (Himachal Pradesh), Mukesh Yadav.

55 kg:

Gold: Sahil (Haryana)

Silver: Dhanraj (SSCB)

Bronze: Vivek (Maharashtra), Tarang (Chandigarh)

60 kg:

Gold: Anurag (Delhi)

Silver: Jaskaranpreet Singh (Punjab)

Bronze: Anuj Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Nitesh.

65 kg:

Gold: Pawan

Silver: Sagar (Rajasthan)

Bronze: Anshu Gupta (Uttar Pradesh), Vineet (Haryana)

71 kg:

Gold: Anuj (Haryana)

Silver: Lalu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)

Bronze: Jatin (SSCB), Ranjit (Maharashtra)

80 kg:

Gold: Laksh (Delhi)

Silver: Mandeep (Haryana)

Bronze: Deepanshu (Uttar Pradesh), Yash (Maharashtra)

92 kg:

Gold: Deepanshu Dahiya (Delhi)

Silver: Saksham (Haryana)

Bronze: Iqbal Chaudhary (Jammu & Kashmir), Kartik (Uttar Pradesh)

110 kg:

Gold: Aarush Rana (Haryana)

Silver: Prince (Delhi)

Bronze: Gurikman Singh (Punjab), Pranav (Maharashtra).