Indian grapplers failed to impress on Tuesday at the World Wrestling Championships as Bajrang (60kg), Pawan Kumar (84kg) and Hitender (120kg) made early exits from the competition here.
While Yogeshwar Dutt’s replacement, Bajrang lost to Vladimir Vladimirov Dubov of Bulgaria 0-7, Hitender faced a 0-8 defeat at the hands of Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili in a one-sided affair after both the Indians were granted bye in the first round. Pawan too suffered defeat in the opening bout but not before putting up a close fight (8-9) against Feng Zhang of China, at the Papp laszlo Sports Arena. IOn Monday, Amit Kumar had won a silver in the final of 55kg category.