India men's freestyle wrestling team wins silver at Asian Champs, behind Iran

[Bhavin]

[Damini]

Gold
Sujeet Kalkal (Men's 65kg)
Abhimanyou Mandwal (Men's 70kg)

Silver
Lalit Sehrawat (Greco‑Roman 55kg)
Nitesh Siwach (Greco‑Roman 97kg)
Aman Sehrawat (Men's 61kg)
Mukul Dahiya (Men's 86kg)
Meenakshi Goyat (Women's 53kg)
Sandeep Mann (Men's 79kg)

Bronze
Sunil Kumar (Greco‑Roman 87kg)
Prince (Greco‑Roman 82kg)
Sachin Sahrawat (Greco‑Roman 67kg)
Hansika Lamba (Women's 55kg)
Neha (Women's 59kg)
Monika (Women's 65kg)
Harshita (Women's 72kg)
Ankush (Men's 57kg)
Dinesh (Men's 125kg)

[Ronit]

Yay! I love seeing Indians shine, even if it's not cricket.

[Kavitha]

The shift from bronze/silver to gold isn't that great; having just one athlete per country makes Indian wrestlers look better than they actually are. They often reach the semis or finals but then get outclassed by the Iranians or Japanese in freestyle. If those nations could field multiple wrestlers, India would find it tougher.

That said, it's encouraging to see medals in Greco‑Roman. We still have a long way to go, but at least we're now competing at a decent level, even if an Olympic podium is still far off. To become the best in the world, we first need to understand what the world standard looks like.