India, Oct. 25 -- India expectedly endured a tough outing on the opening day of the World Wrestling Championship, with only Lalit managing to stay in the medal race in the 55kg category while three other Greco-Roman wrestlers were eliminated Saturday.

Lalit was the only Indian wrester who could log a win while Harsh (60kg), Lovepreet Singh (77kg) and Prince (82kg) lost their opening bouts to bow out.

Lalit looked down and out against Turkiye's Omer Halis Recep in the round of 16, trailing 0-7 and standing just one point away from defeat.

However, the Indian produced a stunning turnaround, reeling off nine consecutive points to register a 9-7 victory and keep his campaign alive. But his next opponent was strong. He was up against Iran's...