Jitender Kumar sealed his place in the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers with a silver medal at the Asian Championship here on Sunday, a result that could slam the Tokyo Games door on veteran Sushil Kumar. Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil had skipped the continental event citing an injury. A gold eluded India on the … Read more
Asian Wrestling Championships: Ravi Kumar won a gold medal after defeating Tajikistan’s Hikmatullo Vohidov in the final whereas Bajrang Punia settled for a silver. Bajrang Punia lost the gold medal bout at the Asian Wrestling Championships. (IANS Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Ravi Kumar won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships Bajrang Punia settled for a silver after … Read more
Asian Wrestling Championships: In a stunning display of power wrestling, Divya Kakran won all four bouts in five-wrestler 68kg category, as the competition was fought in the round-robin format Divya Kakran won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships. (PTI Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Divya Kakran won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships on Thursday Divya … Read more
Wrestlers Ashu and Aditya won a bronze medal each in 67kg and 72kg Greco-Roman categories respectively, to take India’s medal tally at the event to 4. India wrestler Ashu during his bout with Syria’s Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan (PTI Image) HIGHLIGHTS Ashu beat Syria’s Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan 8-1 Kundu defeated Nao Kusaka of Japan … Read more