World No.1 Bajrang Punia won India’s first gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2019 in Xi’an, China on Tuesday with a resounding win in the final.
Bajrang was fighting in the 65kg category and beat Sayatbek Okassov of Kazakhstan 12-7 to bag the top honours.
Praveen Rana had to settle for silver in the 79kg category after he lost to 3-0 to Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran.
Satyavrat Kadian, on the other hand, bagged a bronze medal in the 97kg category.
This post was published on April 24, 2019 7:02 pm