Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 1 (ANI): India’s Nitesh Siwach received the silver medal within the males’s 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling occasion on the Asian Games 2026 after dropping to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato within the gold medal bout on Thursday.
Nitesh went down 0-2 within the opening spherical of the gold medal bout, with Nakazato taking the lead after the Indian was penalised for passivity.
Nitesh defended nicely when Nakazato acquired the chance so as to add to his rating, preserving the deficit to only two factors. However, the Indian was unable to seek out a bonus within the last 30 seconds of the opening spherical.
Nakazato then prolonged his result in 4-0 with two minutes remaining on the clock after brilliantly bundling Nitesh over and taking two extra factors.
The Japanese wrestler continued to dictate the tempo and put Nitesh below stress. Nakazato additionally seemed to complete the bout with a pin, however Nitesh held his floor.
Nakazato maintained management till the top and secured the gold medal, whereas Nitesh needed to accept silver.
Nitesh’s silver medal means India should wait longer for a Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal on the Asian Games. Notably, Nitesh turned solely the second Indian Greco-Roman wrestler in historical past to succeed in an Asian Games last, 64 years after Maruti Mane, who received the Silver Medal within the Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg class on the 1962 Asian Games.
Nitesh Siwach’s silver medal within the males’s 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling occasion took India’s medal tally to 4 on Day 12 of the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday. India additionally secured a silver in crusing by means of Manu Francis and Prince Noble within the males’s skiff occasion, whereas the ladies’s squash group received a bronze medal after dropping their semifinal bout. Indian archer Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru additionally received a bronze within the males’s compound particular person occasion after defeating Vietnam’s Cong Duc Dang earlier within the day. (ANI)