{"id":1859,"date":"2026-10-31T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:30:47","slug":"indias-golden-moment-manisha-bhanwala-clinches-historic-gold-at-world-wrestling-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1859","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Golden Moment: Manisha Bhanwala Clinches Historic Gold at World Wrestling Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manisha Bhanwala made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Senior World Wrestling Championships. On October 30, she secured the title in the 59kg weight category by defeating America\u2019s Abigail Elizabeth Nette by 8\u20136. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India concluded its campaign at the 2026 championships with a total of four medals\u2014one gold, two silver, and one bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trailing 0-6 in the final, Bhanwala made an impressive comeback to win the bout 8-6. Her victory marks a historic milestone for Indian women\u2019s wrestling, as no Indian woman had previously won a gold medal at the Senior World Wrestling Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India\u2019s other medals were won by Kajal Dhochak and Neelam Sirohi, who secured silver, while Tanu Sharma clinched a bronze medal in the 72kg category. This result marked a significant improvement in India\u2019s women\u2019s wrestling campaign, with four athletes finishing on the podium. In men\u2019s freestyle, Vicky Hooda lost 0-10 to Iran\u2019s Hassan Yazdani in the 97kg repechage, while Indian wrestlers in the 61kg, 70kg, 86kg and 125kg categories exited in the preliminary rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India\u2019s Medal Tally in Women\u2019s Wrestling at the 2026 World Championships<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gold:<\/strong> Manisha Bhanwala (59kg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Silver:<\/strong> Kajal Dhochak, Neelam Sirohi <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze:<\/strong> Tanu Sharma (72kg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bhanwala\u2019s historic win marks a major milestone for Indian wrestling and adds another proud moment to the country\u2019s sporting achievements on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manisha Bhanwala made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Senior World Wrestling Championships. On October 30, she secured the title in the 59kg weight category by defeating America\u2019s Abigail Elizabeth Nette by 8\u20136. India concluded its campaign at the 2026 championships with a total of four medals\u2014one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[505,507,506],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-indianwrestling","tag-manishabhanwala","tag-worldwrestlingchampionships2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}