Jaskaran Singh and Chandermohan advanced to the bronze medal bouts in their respective weight categories at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, while Rohit and Shivam remained in contention through the repechage.
Competing in the 65kg freestyle category, Jaskaran recorded two wins by technical superiority before defeating American wrestler Bowen William Bassett 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
However, he missed out on a place in the final after losing his semifinal bout to Japan’s Kaiji Ogino by technical superiority. Jaskaran will now compete for bronze.
In the 79kg category, Chandermohan reached the semifinals with a series of dominant performances. He defeated Georgia’s Giorgi Gogritchiani 14-4, beat Brazil’s Kydyn Luk Correa Lima 14-0 and registered an 11-0 victory over American Joseph Lee Sealey.
Chandermohan narrowly missed the final, losing 3-4 to Iran’s Mahdi Mohammad Yousefihajivar in the semifinal. He will also contest the bronze medal bout.
In the 57kg category, Rohit opened his campaign with a technical superiority win over Jamaica’s Irie Alexander Jackson but lost 6-10 to Türkiye’s Bekir Keser in the pre-quarterfinals. He stayed in the medal race through the repechage and is scheduled to face Moldova’s Ion Bulgaru.
Shivam also remained in contention for a medal in the 97kg category through the repechage.
Meanwhile, Sumit Bharaskar’s campaign in the 70kg category ended without a medal opportunity.