In Wrestling, under-23 Asian champion Sumit won the silver medal in the 60kg Greco-Roman category at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial 2025 wrestling tournament in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday.
The Indian wrestler was beaten 5-1 by European champion Nihat Mammadli of Azerbaijan in the final. Anil Mor, meanwhile, won the bronze medal bout after beating Ikhtiyor Botirov of Uzbekistan 7-4 in the Greco-Roman 55kg. The Indian had won the gold medal in the same category at the Ulaanbaatar Open in May.
The Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial in Budapest was the fourth and final wrestling ranking series of the year. The ranking points on offer will help wrestlers earn better seeding for the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, which will be held in Zagreb, Croatia from September 13 to 21. The Indian contingent finished with 10 medals – three gold, three silver and four bronze – at the Budapest wrestling ranking series.
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