Antim Panghal: India's first-ever U-20 world champion in wrestling

Antim Panghal, a 17-year-old wrestler from Haryana, defeated Kazakhstan’s Atlyn Shagayeva 8-0 to win the title of Under-20 world champion, making her the first Indian woman to do so. The U-20 World Wrestling Championship was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. With an opening-round victory of 11-0 over German Amery Olivia, Antim Panghal prevailed because to her superior technical skills.

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Antim Panghal: About

Antim Panghal achieves history by becoming the first U-20 women’s wrestling champion by winning the gold.
Antim Panghal is from the Bhagana village in the Hisar district of Haryana.
Antim Panghal won gold in the Asian Junior Championships (2022) and bronze at the Cadet World Championships (2021).
This year, she also took home silver from the U23 Asian Championships.
In the final 10 seconds of their match against Vinesh Phogat during the June Commonwealth Games selection trials, Antim had a 3-1 lead. Phogat then came back to win the match.

Antim Panghal: U20 World Championships

Antim Panghal triumphed because of her better technical abilities, with an 11-0 victory over German Amery Olivia to start the competition.
In her second match, the Indian wrestler defeated Ayaka Kimura of Japan by fall. Panghal faced Ukrainian Nataliia Klivchutska in the semi-final match, and she won the match decisively with a score of 11–2.
In the championship match against Altyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan, Antim Panghal started the fight with a double leg attack before attempting an outside head takedown.
The Indian wrestler led 6-0 at the half. Antim Panghal was content to play out the remaining three minutes of the round after the break and needed just one takedown to win 8-0.
The other wrestlers from India who participated in the final did not take home the gold.
Sonam Malik, a two-time U17 world champion, had to settle for silver after falling to Nonoka Ozaki in the 62kg final. India’s Priyanka fell to Japan’s Mahiro Yoshitake in a 65 kg final by a score of 0-8.

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