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Bajrang won gold at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in this same category in 2016. He will be looking to do the double today of being the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Championships gold medalist
Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal Final match between Bajrang Punia of India & Kane Charig of Wales!
As the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games head into their final stages, there is still a lot of action to come. Day 9 started off on a positive note with Tejaswini Sawant winning a gold medal & Anjum Moudgil winning a silver medal in Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals. Young gun Anish Bhanwala, only 15-year-old won the gold in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Finals. Indian shooters continue to delight and win medals.
Next up is Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal match:
Bajrang Punia (IND) vs Kane Charig (WAL)
Bajrang has had a tremendous outing so far, beating Brahm Richards of New Zealand by Technical Superiority in the 1/8 Final, beating Amas Daniel of Nigeria by Technical Superiority in the 1/4 Final, and finally beating Vincent Di Marinis of Canada in the Semifinals also by Technical Superiority.
Medals won on Day 8: Day 8 was a good one for India in Wrestling with Rahul Aware bringing home a Gold medal in Wrestling in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg category. Babita Kumari losing out to Diana Weicker in the Gold medal match in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg category and having to settle for a Silver medal. Kiran also winning a Bronze medal for India in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 76 kg. Sushil Kumar "the superman" winning a gold in Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg category.
In Shooting, Tejaswini Sawant won a Silver medal for India in the Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals. There was a lot of progress in Badminton and Table Tennis as well. Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, and H.S. Prannoy all advanced to the latter rounds of Singles category.
However, there was disappointment in Hockey, as the Indian Women's team lost 1-0 to Australia in the Semifinals. They will now face the loser of the other semifinal on a later date to confirm a bronze medal.
India will be looking to finish the tournament on a high as a lot of medals will be decided in the next three days, starting on Day 9.
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Have a good day!