Hangzhou [China], October 7 (ANI): Indian grappler Deepak Punia on Saturday settled for a silver medal within the Men’s Freestyle 86Kg ultimate after taking place towards Iran’s Hassan Yazdanicharati on the ongoing nineteenth Asian Games on Saturday.
Indian grappler misplaced 0-10 towards Iran’s Hassan Yazdani within the males’s freestyle 86kg ultimate.
Punia, a Commonwealth Games champion, failed so as to add one other gold to his tally however bagged the silver medal. Yazdani, in the meantime, defended his Asian Games title, successful all his fours bouts on technical superiority.
En path to the ultimate, the 24-year-old Punia defeated Bahrain’s Magomed Magomed R Sharipov, Indonesia’s Randa Riandesta, Shota Shirai of Japan and Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan on his technique to the gold medal bout.
Punia’s silver is the primary by an Indian wrestler in Hangzhou. Sonam Malik, Sunil Kumar, Kiran Bishnoi and Aman Sehrawat gained the bronze medal. The 2018 Asian Games champion Bajrang Punia didn’t defend his title as he didn’t clinch a medal. (ANI)