Asian Wrestling Championship News
Defending champion Sarita Mor was not at her best but still managed to win a bronze medal while Sushma Shokeen also earned a podium finish at the Asian Wrestling Championship on Thursday (April 21).
Meanwhile, Phogat had earlier settled for a bronze after thrashing Thi Ly Kiu of Vietnam 10-0 by technical superiority in the bronze medal bout of the 53kg category event.
Amit, who won gold in the 66kg category in the 2013 edition, settled for a silver in the men's 74kg freestyle event after losing to Daniyar Kaisanov of Kazakhstan 0-5 in the final.
Rana had earlier defeated Kazakhstan's Galymzhan Usserbayev 3-2 in the semi-finals to book his place in the summit showdown of the tournament.
World number one Bajrang Punia made India proud on Tuesday by clinching the country's first gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2019 in Xi'an, China.
India's Vinesh Phogat had to be contend with a silver medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship after losing 2-3 to China's a Chun Lei in the summit clash of the women's 50kg freestyle event.
The 2014 Common Wealth Games champion earned the win by taking a bigger point as she locked the score 4-4 with her move.
Both Bajrang (men's 65kg) and Sarita (women's 58kg) have ensured at least a silver medal each for the country.
She had advanced to the semi-final after beating Uzbek grappler Nabira Esenbaeva 6-2 in the quarter-final bout.
This was the first time Anil was competing in the Asian Championship and he managed to win a medal in his maiden attempt.
India will field a 24-strong team for the Championship with eight each in freestyle, women and Greco-Roman category.
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