Asian Wrestling Championships: Indian grapplers win one Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals

Asian Wrestling Championships: Indian grapplers win one Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals

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Indian grapplers Ravi Dahiya won gold, Bajrang Punia and Gourav Baliyan took silver while Naveen and Satywart clinched bronze medals to continue India’s campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya beat Kazakhstan’s Kalzhan Rakhat via virtual superiority (12-2) to win the 57kg men’s freestyle gold, his third in a row. Ravi is the first Indian to win three gold medals at the continental event.

However, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia lost the 65kg final 1-3 to Iran’s Rahman Mousa Amouzadkhalili.

In the 79kg gold medal bout against Iran’s Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi, Gourav Baliyan came back from 0-8 down to level the scores at 9-9. However, the Iranian was awarded the win courtesy of a bigger scoring move.

In the 70kg bronze medal playoff, Naveen quickly moved into a 4-0 lead against local wrestler Temuulen Enkhtuya before pinning the Mongolian to end the bout in the first round itself.

Satywart Kadiyan ended a perfect day for India by thrashed Turkmenistan’s Zyyamuhammet Saparov in the 97kg bronze medal match, winning the contest by  (10-0).

India has won a total of one gold, four silver and ten bronze medals so far in this year’s edition.