U23 World Championship: Vishvajit More reaches quarters, three other Greco-Roman wrestlers lose in opening round

Vishvajit More brought cheers to the Indian camp by reaching the quarterfinals but three of his compatriots lost their respective first-round contests in the Greco-Roman competition at the U23 World Championship in Serbia on Tuesday.

More began with a 6-2 win over Denis Florin Mihai from Kyrgyzstan and followed that up with a commanding technical superiority (9-1) win over American Kenneth Andrew Crosby to reach the quarterfinals.

However, Nishant (67kg), Anil (72kg) and Naman (97kg) suffered first-round defeats.

Nishant lost 3-8 to Ajerbaijan’s Faraim Mustafayev while Anil was outplayed 1-6 by Aremenia’s Gaspar Terteryan.

Naman lost his qualification bout by technical superiority to Armenia’s Arshak Geghamyan.

Gaurav (63kg), Ankit (77kg), Rohit Bura (87kg) and Joginder Rathee (130kg) also made a first-round exit in Greco-Roman style competition after losing their opening rounds on Monday.

Published on Oct 21, 2025