Budapest: Indian grapplers failed to impress on Tuesday at the World Wrestling Championships as Bajrang (60kg), Pawan Kumar (84kg) and Hitender (120kg) made early exits from the competition.
While Yogeshwar Dutt's replacement, Bajrang lost to Vladimir Vladimirov Dubov of Bulgaria 0-7, Hitender faced a 0-8 defeat at the hands of Georgia's Geno Petriashvili in a one-sided affair after both the Indians were granted bye in the first round.
Pawan too suffered defeat in the opening bout but not before putting up a close fight (8-9) against Feng Zhang of China, at the Papp Laszlo Sports Arena. India's only medal in the ongoing championships had come through Amit Kumar who won a silver after losing in the final of 55kg category on Monday.
London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar, present at the ongoing championships, is not taking part in the event due to a knee injury.
Bajrang, who began his senior career with a bronze in Asian Championships in April, was first tripped by his opponent who collected two points on the offensive takedown.
Trailing by two points, the Indian went on the offensive but was unsuccessful in finding an opening. The Bulgarian, instead, delivered a five pointer and sealed the contest in his favour through a technical fall.
In the 84kg tie, Pawan played catch up to China's Zhang after he conceded early points and trailed 0-4. The Indian bounced back to collect three points through a take down before his opponent extended his lead.
Trailing 5-9, Pawan bagged three points in the dying moments to give his opponent a scare but the clock ran out for the Indian. Hitender meekly surrendered to World Junior Championships winner Petriashvili to crash out of the heavy weight category.
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