The United World Wrestling is hosting the World Grappling Championships 2024 that got underway on Monday, October 7, in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The Championships will be held in all age groups - U15, U17, U20, senior, and veterans. The venue that hosted the Asian Championships 2023 will be used for the World Grappling Championships 2024.
The competition will be played in Grappling Gi and Grappling No Gi styles and the 2023 edition was held in Warsaw, Poland.
A total of eight Indian grapplers are scheduled to take part in the World Grappling Championships 2024. In the men’s senior team, Mandeep (66 kg), Raghav Jamwal (71 kg), Mohammad Paras (71 kg), and Prakash Tej (130 kg) are the grapplers to watch out for.
World Grappling Championships 2024: Full Schedule & Match Timings (Timings in IST)
Monday, October 7
GP U15 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 12:30 PM onwards
GP U17 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 5:30 PM onwards
Tuesday, October 8
GP Gi U15 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 12:30 PM onwards
GP Gi U17 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 5:30 PM onwards
Wednesday, October 9
GP U20 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 12:30 PM onwards
GP Veterans Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 5:30 PM onwards
Thursday, October 10
GP Gi U20 Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 12:30 PM onwards
GP Gi Veterans Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechages and finals, 5:30 PM onwards
Friday, October 11
GP elimination rounds and semi-finals, 12:30 PM
GP Repechages and finals, 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 12
GP Gi elimination rounds and semi-finals, 12:30 PM
GP Gi Repechages and finals, 8:00 PM
World Grappling Championships 2024: Indian contingent
Men's senior grappling team
Mandeep (66 kg), Raghav Jamwal (71 kg), Mohammad Paras (71 kg), Prakash Tej (130 kg)
U15 girls' grappling team
Ashika Mattanimeethal (52 kg)
U17 boys’ grappling team
Dharmesh Ramesh Prajapati (69 kg)
U20 men’s grappling team
Sharah Bin Sharaf Nadakkav Maliyekkal (58 kg), Prince (66 kg)
World Grappling Championships 2024: Live streaming details
The Kazakhstan Grappling Association will livestream the competition for all fans across the globe on its YouTube channel. However, there is no information about the campaign's live telecast.