Suraj Vashisht, India’s U-17 World Championship gold medalist: Suraj Vashisht, an Indian wrestler, achieved history at the U-17 World Championship. In wrestling, he won gold in the 55 kg weight class. Suraj won the final 11-0 over Azerbaijan’s Farim Mustafayev. Suraj is only the third Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to win a gold medal in this event. Pappu Yadav previously won the country’s gold medal 32 years earlier.
Sooraj’s victory in the Under 17 Wrestling Championship is amazing. He has won a gold medal for his country after 32 years of competing in this sport. Pappu previously won gold in 1990. This was the third gold medal of the competition. Vinod Kumar was the first Indian to win gold before Pappu in 1980. Sooraj got off to a quick start in his encounter. He then continued to press the Azerbaijani wrestler throughout the match.
Many people have praised him on Sooraj’s victory as a young wrestler. Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia commended Sooraj on social media. He captioned the shot of Suraj, “Sooraj made history.” The country finally won a gold medal at the U17 World Championship after 32 years.
Bajrang Punia and United World Wrestling sent a tweet congratulating Suraj on his hilarious victory.