Indian wrestlers strike it rich in Greco Roman as well at Commonwealth Championships

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The Indian men’s Greco Roman wrestling team notched up a rich haul of seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Championships held in Johannesburg from December 5 to 7.

The women’s team ended runner-up in the event by winning two gold, four silver & five bronze.

Earlier, the freestyle men’s team won the champions trophy with seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

The names of the medal winners are given below:

GRECO ROMAN STYLE

1.Gaurav Sharma55 Kg.Gold Medal
2.Ravinder Singh60 Kg.Gold Medal
3.Anand Kumar66 Kg.Gold Medal
4.Rajbir Chhikara74 Kg.Gold Medal
5.Manoj Kumar84 Kg.Gold Medal
6.Hardeep96 Kg.Gold Medal
7.Naveen120 Kg.Gold Medal
1.Rajender Kumar55 Kg.Silver Medal
2.Deepak Kumar60 Kg.Silver Medal
4.Rahul74 Kg.Silver Medal
5.Anil Kumar84 Kg.Silver Medal
7.Virender120 Kg.Bronze Medal
3.Deepak66 Kg.Bronze Medal

The female Wrestling Team was runner up in the above Championship by winning 2 Gold, 4 Silver & 5 Bronze Medals:

FEMALE WRESLING

1.Nirmala Devi48 Kg.Gold Medal
2.Pooja Dhanda55 Kg.Gold Medal
3.Vinesh51 Kg.Silver Medal
4.Rekha Rani55 Kg.Silver Medal
5.Geeta59 Kg.Silver Medal
6.Anita67 Kg.Silver Medal
7.Preeti48 Kg.Bronze Medal
8.Shakshi Malik63 Kg.Bronze Medal
9.Rajni63 Kg.Bronze Medal
10.Nikki72 Kg.Bronze Medal
12.Manu Tomar72 Kg.Bronze Medal

The Free Style team had also walked out with the champion’s trophy a few days ago winning 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals.

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