Overview
- Phogat booked his 75kg spot in the final on Tuesday in Tashkent with a 5:0 win over Korea’s Seungmin Lee.
- Four Indian teammates exited in the semifinals and were awarded bronze medals under the event’s medal rules.
- Narendra Nella (46kg) lost 0:5 to Uzbekistan’s Abdulloh Nuraliev, and Yash Yadav (50kg) fell 1:4 to Mongolia’s Suld Usukhbaatar.
- Nivesh Pal (54kg) was beaten 0:5 by Uzbekistan’s Abdulbosit Yursunboev, and Naman (70kg) went down 2:3 to Uzbekistan’s Abduvohid Abdumajidov.
- At Asian youth championships, both losing semifinalists receive bronze, so India’s four medals are confirmed while Phogat fights for gold or silver in the final.