Chirag Chikkara Wins Gold Medal in Men's 57 KG Category at U23 World Wrestling Championships 2024 With Victory Over Kyrgyzstan's Abdymalik Karachov
The young grappler scripted history by becoming just the second Indian male wrestler to win the gold medal in the competition. Earlier, Anjli had won silver medal in the women's 59kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships 2024.
Chirag Chikkara won the gold medal in the men's 57kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships on October 27. The 18-year-old grappler defeated Kyrgyzstan's Abdymalik Karachov 4-3 to take home the top prize on offer. With this victory, Chirag has become just the second Indian male wrestler to win the gold medal at the U23 World Championships as he joins Aman Sehrawat, who had achieved a similar feat back in 2022. Earlier, Chirag had gotten the better of Kazakhstan's Allan Oralbek in the semifinal.
Chirag Chikkara Wins Gold Medal
CHIRAG IS CROWNED AS U23 WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION
Chirag beat Abdymalik Karachov🇰🇬4-3 to win🥇in 57 kg.
SF - W vs Oralbek🇰🇿 8-0
QF - W vs Iavbatirov (AIN) 12-2
R16 - W vs Ozawa🇯🇵 6-1
Ravi Kumar Dahiya (2018🥈) & Aman Sehrawat (2022🥇) were past U23 Worlds medalists in FS 57kg. pic.twitter.com/cQACxa19TZ
— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) October 27, 2024
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