Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 3 (ANI): Aman Sehrawat and Antim Panghal stormed into the respective finals of the boys’s freestyle 57 kg and ladies’s 53 kg classes, giving India two extra medal alternatives in wrestling on the Asian Games right here on Saturday.
Aman produced a shocking comeback in his semifinal in opposition to Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Belolyubskii, recovering from a 2-6 deficit after the opening spherical to attain 12 factors within the second and seal a 14-8 victory, in line with ESPN.
The Indian had earlier begun his marketing campaign with a dominant 20-0 win over Japan’s Yamato Ogawa within the spherical of 16 earlier than defeating Kazakhstan’s Nurdanat Aitanov 12-1 within the quarterfinals.
Antim additionally staged a comeback in her semifinal in opposition to China’s Zhang Jin. After going 0-1 down, the Indian turned the competition round with a powerful second spherical, transferring forward 6-1 to e-book her place within the remaining of the ladies’s 53 kg class.
Earlier, Antim had defeated Kazakhstan’s Shugyla Omirbek 9-0 within the spherical of 16 earlier than registering an 8-0 win over Uzbekistan’s Sakibjamal Esbosynova within the quarterfinals.
Deepak Punia, in the meantime, missed out on a spot within the remaining of the boys’s freestyle 97 kg class after struggling a slim 8-9 defeat to Uzbekistan’s Sherzod Poyonov within the semifinals. He will now compete for the bronze medal.
Deepak had superior to the semifinals after Hong Kong’s Li Wui Fung Vincent forfeited their quarterfinal bout. He had earlier defeated China’s Junpeng Zhou 12-2 within the spherical of 16.
Sagar Jaglan had earlier suffered a 0-10 defeat to Iran’s Yones Emamichoghaei within the males’s freestyle 74 kg quarterfinal. But he managed to safe a win within the repechage, when he defeated Uzbekistan’s Razambek Jamalov 7-3 and superior into the bronze medal bout for the boys’s freestyle 74 kg. The medal bouts will all be within the afternoon session, beginning round 2.30 PM IST. Â Â
In India, one other wrestler competing on Day 14 was Manisha Bhanwala, who misplaced her ladies’s 57 kg quarterfinal to Japan’s Akari Fujinami. She had entered the quarterfinals with an 8-0 win over South Korea’s Youngjin Kwon.
Manisha’s probabilities of coming into the repechage ended after Fujinami was herself crushed 0-10 by North Korea’s Son Il Sim within the semifinals, bringing the Japanese wrestler’s lengthy unbeaten run to an finish.
In archery, Dhiraj Bommadevara progressed to the semifinals of the boys’s particular person recurve occasion after edging Amirkhon Sadikov 6-2 within the quarterfinals.
The top-seeded Indian held his nerve within the remaining set, capturing a ten along with his final arrow to seal victory and transfer inside one win of securing a person medal on the Asian Games.
Dhiraj will now look to proceed India’s sturdy run in recurve archery as he bids for a spot within the gold medal contest. (ANI)