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News18
20-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
Sumit claims silver, Anil pockets bronze in Budapest Ranking Series
Last Updated: Budapest, Jul 20 (PTI) India's Greco Roman wrestler will return with two medals from the UWW Ranking Series event with Sumit winning a silver and Anil Mor securing a bronze, here Sunday. Competing in the 60kg category, Sumit produced a dominant run before falling to Azerbaijan's Nihat Mammadli 0-5 in the final. Earlier, he began with a 9-3 win against Sadyk Lalaev and pinned Korea's Dahyun Kim and Kazakhstan's Galym Kabdunassarov en route the final. In the 55kg, world number one Anil lost his quarterfinal 1-6 to Emin Narimanovitch Sefershaev. Since his rival made it to the final, Anil bounced back in medal contention through the repechage route. Up against world number three Artium Deleanu, the 18-year-old Indian won 7-0 and in the bronze play-off he got the better of Uzbekistan's Iktiyor Botirov, ranked fourth in the world. Indian women wrestlers took home six medals, including gold won by Antim Panghal (53kg) and Harshita (72kg). In men's freestyle event, Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) won a gold while Rahul (57kg) added a bronze to India's tally. PTI AT AT ATK Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Olympian Reetika Hooda fails dope test; provisionally suspended
New Delhi : Paris Olympics quarterfinalist and Asian Championships silver medalist wrestler - who competes in the women's 76kg category - has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after her sample returned positive for prohibited substances. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Reetika, one of the country's brightest hopes in the women's wrestling after becoming the first-ever female grappler to qualify in a heavyweight category (76kg) at the Paris Games, was tested by the Nada's dope control officers (DCOs) during a selection trial at the Indira Gandhi (IG) stadium here, where the national camp is currently underway. After her positive dope result, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) told Reetika to leave the camp immediately and head back to her hometown in Haryana's Rohtak. Reetika's suspension period has kicked off on July 7 after the revelation of adverse analytical finding (AAF) and she will now have to appear before the Nada's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) to prove her innocence. Since this being her first doping offence, Reetika is staring at a possible four-year ban. Based on doping failure, the United World Wrestling (UWW) - the sport's global governing body - also suspended Reetika for one year until July 7, 2026. The UWW posted on its website: "Suspended for the following reason until July 7, 2026. Provisionally suspended for ADRV by Nado India." The presence of banned substances in Reetika's urine sample is still unknown. The wrestlers was part of the Indian contingent for the upcoming UWW Ranking Series event in Hungary but her entry has now been withdrawn. Reetika was touted as one of the medal contenders for India at the World Wrestling Championships, scheduled in September. She has recently won the gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Ranking Series in May.
