Wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat make Worlds cut

Women wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat yesterday made the cut in the Indian squad for the World Wrestling Championships, to be held in Paris next month

Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat

Women wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat yesterday made the cut in the Indian squad for the World Wrestling Championships, to be held in Paris next month.

The squad for the tournament was announced by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) here. Rio Olympics bronze-medallist in 58kg, Sakshi, who bagged a silver medal at the Asian Championships in May in 60kg category, has qualified in the same category for the upcoming Championships.

Vinesh, another silver medallist at Asian Championships, earned a place in the women's 48kg. Although Vinesh had won the Asian Championship silver in 55kg as she was making a comeback from an injury, she fought in her preferred 48kg category and comfortably qualified for the mega-event.

Among others who made the cut for the World Championship were Sheetal (53kg), Lalita (55kg), Pooja Dhanda (58kg), Shilpi (63kg), Navjot Kaur (69kg) and Pooja (75kg).

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