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Junior Wrestling Championship: Sajan Bhanwal bags silver, first Indian to win back-to-back medals

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20-year-old Sajan Bhanwal from Haryana, who got a silver in the 77kg Greco Roman category against Russian Islam Opiev's through technical superiority due to score 8-0, has become the first Indian to win back-to-back medals at the Junior World Wrestling Championship in Trnava, Slovakia. He had won a bronze in last year's Junior World Wrestling Championship by beating Norway's Per Anders Kure in the quarterfinals.