Ace Indian wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia captured a bronze medal in the men's 65 kg category at the ongoing World Wrestling Championships 2022, by defeating Puerto Rico's Sebastian C Rivera in the bronze medal bout.
Ace Indian wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia captured a bronze medal in the men's 65 kg category at the ongoing World Wrestling Championships 2022, by defeating Puerto Rico's Sebastian C Rivera in the bronze medal bout
Bajrang Punia, India's most successful wrestler at the world championships with one silver and two bronze, began the day with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Cuba's two-time worlds bronze medallist Alejandro Valdes.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a bronze medallist at the 2019 world championships, began the day by getting the better of Romania's Razvan Marian Kovacs 10-0 via technical superiority in the 57kg qualification round. However, the Indian wrestler lost to 2020 Asian champion Gulomjon Abdullaev of Uzbek
Vinesh Phogat, a 2019 world championships bronze medalist, was handed a shocking 7-0 defeat by 2022 Asian championships silver medalist Khulan Batkhuyag of Mongolia in the qualification round.
The Indian contingent came home with a best-ever showing from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, bagging three gold, one silver and two bronze medals while the Indian men's shuttlers have three medals to show from the two editions of the world championships.
Rohtak (Haryana) [India] August 28 (ANI): National-level wrestler Ajay Nandal's father Vijendra Nandal, on Sunday, in a complaint to the police accused Ajay's friend, Ravi of being responsible for his son's death. He alleged that Ravi forcibly overdosed Ajay with drugs in order to kill him.