Novi Sad (Serbia), Oct 21 (PTI) Vishvajit More brought cheers to the Indian camp by reaching the quarterfinals but three of his compatriots lost their respective first-round contests in the Greco-Roman competition at the U23 World Championship, here Tuesday.
More began with a 6-2 win over Denis Florin Mihai from Kyrgyzstan and followed that up with a commanding technical superiority (9-1) win over American Kenneth Andrew Crosby to reach the quarterfinals.
However, Nishant (67kg), Anil (72kg) and Naman (97kg) suffered first-round defeats.
Nishant lost 3-8 to Ajerbaijan’s Faraim Mustafayev while Anil was outplayed 1-6 by Aremenia’s Gaspar Terteryan.
Naman lost his qualification bout by technical superiority to Armenia’s Arshak Geghamyan.
Gaurav (63kg), Ankit (77kg), Rohit Bura (87kg) and Joginder Rathee (130kg) also made a first-round exit in Greco-Roman style competition after losing their opening rounds on Monday. PTI AT AM AT AM AM
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