Ravinder was the star performer for India at the ongoing Wrestling Under-23 World Championship in Budapest on Tuesday. He has now qualified for the semi-finals of the championship by scripting back-to-back convincing wins. 

In his opening bout, the Indian wrestler dominated Hungary’s Marcell Budai Kovacs. He got the better of the Hungarian by 12-1 and started off on a great note in the junior global event.

Earlier on Tuesday, another Indian wrestler Naveen went down fighting against Mongolia’s Temuulen Enkhtuya in the 70 kg weight category. Naveen was beaten 8-6 in the repechage bout by the Mongolian and had to bow out of the world event.

In the 92 kg category, India’s top junior wrestler Viky lost to Switzerland’s Samuel Scherrer 7-1 in the opening bout and crashed out of the tournament. Gaurav Baliyan started well with a win against Oleksandr Vyshniak of Ukraine in the qualifiers of the 74 kg event but lost to Russia’s Razambek Zhamalov.

Sanjeet also lost against a Russian Azamat Zakuev 0-6 in the qualifying bout in 86kg while Aryan Pratap, in 125 kg bout, lost 3-4 against Hovhannes Maghakyan of Armenia. On the other hand, Veer Dev Gulia is still in contention of a bronze medal in the 79 kg weight category.