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Indian wrestlers continued their resurgence in the 26th Asian Wrestling Championship being played at the KD Jadhav Stadium in New Delhi.
Navjot Kaur gave the home fans plenty to rejoice about when she bagged the silver medal in the women’s 67-kg freestyle category.
The Indian was consigned to the runners-up finish by Mongolia’s Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa.
The bronze medals in the same category were picked up by South Korea’s Han Hye-Kyung and Jing Ruixue of China.
There was more joy for the country’s women contingent in the 72-kg freestyle category. Jyoti scooped up a bronze in this category. Japan’s Hiroe Suzuki of Japan won the gold, out-wrestling Badrakhyn Odonchimeg of Mongolia in the final. Wang Juan of China took the other bronze in this division.
Geetika Jakhar gave India its third medal for the day, landing a bronze in the 57-kg freestyle category.
China’s Xiluo Zhuoma won the gold, pipping Japan’s Yurika Ito in the final. Sharkhuugiin Tumentsetseg of Mongolia also won bronze in this category.
The Indian men bagged a lone medal through Hitender in the 120-kg freestyle category. Iran’s Parviz Hadi grabbed the gold, out-grappling Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat of Mongolia in the final. Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Lazarev also won the bronze in this category.
With this Sunday’s hail, India have now won one gold, one silver and six bronze medals for a total of eight medals.
Earlier on Saturday, talented Amit Kumar scooped up India’s first gold medal in the 55-kg freestyle category, beating North Korea’s Kyong Yang II in the final bout.
The 2012 Asian Championship bronze medallist’s triumph was even more creditable considering the fact that he was carrying a head injury – injury he sustained in his semifinal bout.
Another Indian male grappler, Bajrang, who replaced Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt at the eleventh hour, picked up a bronze after getting the better of Japan’s Shogo Maeda by a fall.
The Indian women wrestlers also opened their account on Sunday, collecting two bronze medals.
Vinesh won a bronze in the 51-kg freestyle division, pipping Thailand’s Sriprapa Tho-Kaew 1-0, 3-0 in the final.
Another Indian women wrestler, Babita Kumari, a cousin of Vinesh, also secured a bronze in the 55-kg freestlye division - beating Liliya Shakirova of Uzbekistan 5-0, 3-0.
Earlier, Indian wrestlers disappointed in the Greco-Roman category.
2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sunil Kumar Rana bowed out in the bronze medal round in the 66-kg category. Rana, who is also the 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist, went down fighting to Kazakhstan’s Yerbol Konyratov in a tight repechage round contest.
Another favourite, 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist Ravinder Singh made a quiet exit from the championship, losing to Korea’s Douk Gil 0-3, 1-0, 0-1 in the 60-kg category.
As many as 225 wrestlers from 19 countries, including powerhouses Iran, Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia were slugging it out for top honours in the seven-day event.
It may be mentioned here that India has fared well at the continental championships, having won 15 medals in the last three editions.
This is the sixth time India is hosting this championship. New Delhi is staging the event for the fourth time.
