Asian Champion Amit Kumar had to settle for a silver after going down 1-2 against Rahimi on the opening day of World Wrestling Championships yesterday at the Papp Laszlo Arena in Budapest, Hungary.u00a0

Talking to PTI over phone from Budapest, the 19-year-old Asian champion said he was "disappointed" to have narrowly missed the opportunity to equal the record of two-time Olympic medallist and countrymate Sushil Kumar -- the only Indian to have won a gold in the World Championships in the 2010 Moscow edition.