Bern [Switzerland], December 14 (ANI): Indian wrestler Antim Panghal was named the Rising Star of the Year amongst girls by the United World Wrestling (UWW), the game’s world governing physique on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Indian competing within the 53 kg class, has had a stellar season, replete with accomplishments and accolades, and has overshadowed senior star Vinesh Phogat, who additionally competes in the identical weight class, in response to Olympics.com.
Panghal began off the season with a silver within the Asian Championships, beating Japan’s Akari Fujimani, who’s but to lose a senior match in her profession.
Antim can also be the present U20 world champion, having defended her title in Jordan this August. Hailing from Haryana, she is the one two-time junior world champion for India.
She made her senior world wrestling championships debut at Belgrade, Serbia in September this 12 months and made a direct affect by securing the bronze medal by defeating Sweden’s two-time European champion Jonna Malmgren.
Antim additionally managed to safe the Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India within the girls’s 53 kg class with this win.
A month later at Hangzhou in the course of the Asian Games, Antim received the bronze medal beating Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Bat-Ochir Bolortuya of Mongolia within the medal match.
Greece’s Georgios Kougioumtsidis additionally received the Rising Star of the Year award within the males’s freestyle class whereas Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov took the honours within the Greco-Roman class. (ANI)