Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling, India schedule: Vinesh Phogat, Antim Panghal front medal quest
Six Indian wrestlers will take the mat at the Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling competition from August 5 to 11 at the Champ de Mars Arena in the French capital.
Paris 2024 will mark the 21st edition of the Olympics featuring Indian wrestlers. Seven Indians featured at Tokyo 2020 with Ravi Kumar Dahiya (men’s freestyle 57kg) and Bajrang Punia (men’s freestyle 65kg) bagging silver and bronze, respectively. Neither have made the cut for Paris.
Two-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat, one of the famed Phogat sisters, will compete in the women’s 50kg category at Paris 2024. She featured in the 48kg at Rio 2016 and the 53kg at Tokyo 2020.
Antim Panghal, who won a bronze medal at the Asian Games last year, is set to make her Olympic debut and will be seen in the women’s 53kg event in Paris.
The 19-year-old Indian wrestler has leapfrogged Vinesh as India's top grappler in the category and secured an Olympic quota in the event by winning the bronze medal at the World Championships last year.
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Anshu Malik (women’s 57kg), U-23 world champion Reetika Hooda (women’s 76kg) and Nisha Dahiya (women’s 68kg), an Asian Championships silver medallist, are the other Indian wrestlers who will be making their Olympic debuts in Paris.
Aman Sehrawat, meanwhile, will be the only Indian men’s freestyle wrestler at Paris 2024. An Asian champion and Asian Games bronze medallist, the 20-year-old Aman will take the mat in the men’s freestyle 57kg event.
No Indian Greco-Roman grappler managed to make it to Paris 2024.
India have won seven wrestling medals at the Olympics - two silver and five bronze medals.
KD Jadhav won the bronze medal in the men’s freestyle 57kg event at Helsinki 1952. Sushil Kumar settled for bronze at Beijing 2008 and won silver at London 2012. Yogeshwar Dutt (men’s freestyle 60kg) and Sakshi Malik (women’s 58kg) also bagged bronze medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016, respectively.
Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian wrestlers
Men’s freestyle
- Aman Sehrawat - Men’s 57kg
Women’s freestyle
- Vinesh Phogat - Women’s 50kg
- Antim Panghal - Women’s 53kg
- Anshu Malik - Women’s 57kg
- Nisha Dahiya - Women’s 68kg
- Reetika Hooda - Women’s 76kg
Paris 2024 Olympics India’s wrestling schedule
Live start times, all in India Standard Time (IST)
Where to watch Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling live in India
Live streaming of the Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling events will be available on Jio Cinema in India. The live telecast of the Paris 2024 wrestling events will be on the Sports 18 Network TV channels in India.