Wrestler Priya Malik creates history at the U20 World Championship 2023, as she clinches the title in the 76 Kg category. She was dominant through the entire competition and did not drop a single point in the tournament.
Priya defeated Laura Celine Kuehn of Germany by 5-0 to become the world champion. She has now won both the U17 (2021 & 2022) and U20 (2023) world titles.
Unperturbed by the cut suffered above her left eye, Priya easily got the better of Germany’s Laura Celive Kuehn 5-0 in the gold medal bout, which had to be stopped twice due to bleeding suffered by the Indian. Her lightening fast leg attacks rattled the German who could not make even one point-scoring move.
Antim Panghal had last year become the first Indian woman to emerge junior world champion and she also rejoiced success on Thursday as she is now one win away from defending her title, reach reaching the 53kg final.