August 2, 2017 7:53 AM

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Two Indian wrestlers in bronze-medal round of Jr World C'ships

Two Indian wrestlers, Veer Dev Gulia and Ravinder, made it to the bronze medal round of their respective weight categories on day one of the Junior World Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland. Yesterday, Ravinder put up a dominating show in his quarterfinal, pre-quarterfinal and qualification bouts to storm into the semifinals of men's 60kg freestyle category, before losing to Steven McKee of USA 14-16 in the last four stage. In his bronze-medal bout, Ravinder will take on Hiromu Sakaki of Japan.Gulia, however, made the bronze medal play-offs of men's 74kg freestyle after his quarterfinal round opponent Isa Shapiev of Uzbekistan reached the gold medal round. Gulia will take on Yamasaki Yajuro of Japan in his bronze medal bout. Other Indians in the fray Suraj Aswala in 50kg and Monu in 96kg category bowed out of the tournament early yesterday.

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