Wrestling
India finish as runner-up at Grappling World Cup 2025 in Astana
Win a total of 44 medals including 3 golds, 13 silver and 28 bronze medals.
Indian grappling team afer finishing runner-up in Astana on Sunday. (Photo Credit: GCI)
Indian grapplers finished with a rich haul of 44 medals at the Grappling World Cup 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
India finished runner-up in the overall team standings, behind hosts Kazakhstan (13620 points). Indian grapplers won 3 golds, 13 silver and 28 bronze medals with 755 points.
Grapplers from 10 countries were competing in the grappling and grappling GI categories.
Abhimanyu Chaudhary (100 kg) contributed with a gold and a bronze while in the same categories Vikas Kumar (100 kg) struck a gold and silver.
Among other standout performers, Ravi Malik (71 kg) earned two silver medals. Vaishnavi Singh (71 kg) and Rishu Nagar (64 kg) both claimed a silver and a bronze each. Additionally, Savita (53 kg) and Nishant Malik (62 kg) made their mark by winning two bronze medals apiece.
Reflecting on the Indian grappler’s performance, Grappling Committee of India Chairman Dinesh Kapoor, spoke to The Bridge from Astana saying, “Our grapplers are doing very well on the world level. In 2023, we won 105 medals and became champions. This year a lot of players had withdrawn from the tournament. Last edition we had 88 players and this year the contingent was almost half."
