Asian U-23 wrestling championship 2025 India Shines

Category: Sports

In the 2025 Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship India won 5 gold medals, 4 in Women freestyle and 1 in Greco-Roman. The women competing with Priyanshi, weighing 50 kg, Reena (55 kg), Srishti and Priya (68 kg and 76 kg), respectively won the gold. Tanvi Magdum won silver in 59 kg. Sumit (63 kg) became the first Greco-Roman gold medal winner since 2022 by India.

Context

• The Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship is a continental event among the wrestling athletes below the age of 23, and serves as a qualifier to senior world championships and Olympic Games. 
• The 2025, held in Vietnam, saw the increasing strength of India especially in the women's sections.

Key highlights

About Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship

• Date: 18th June to 21 June 2025
• Location: VungTau, Vietnam 

Women Freestyle-Gold Medals

• Priyanshi Prajapat (50 kg) beat Mongolia Munkgerel Munkhbat (42)
• Reena (55 kg) – overcame Kyrgyz Aruuke Kadyrbek Kyzy (13 4)
• Srishti (68 kg) - 10 0 defeats Yuqi Liu from China
• Priya (76 kg) -gained a chance in all the 3 round-robin matches

Participant in Women Freestyle -Silver Medal

• Tanvi Magdum (59 kg) -silver medallist in finals

Greco-Roman

• Gold:
  • Sumit (63 kg) - defeated in round-robin 3 out of 3 bets
• Bronze:
  • Ankit Gulia (72 kg)
  • Nitesh Siwach (97 kg)

Significance

• The excellence in women wrestling is India which is attributed to useful grass root and training regimes.
• The Greco-Roman gold will be a first in a weak category that India has tried.
• Winning U-23 will be a good pointer to Paris 2026 Youth Olympics and Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Conclusion

With such victories in the Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship 2025, particularly in the fights of freestyle and Greco-Roman within the wrestling, India has good prospects of advancing in the wrestling. The success attributes the benefits of systematic coaching, support system, and an increasing pool of talent before international competitions.