Hangzhou [China], October 6 (ANI): India’s ace grappled Bajrang Punia bowed out of the nineteenth Asian Games following a large defeat within the males’s freestyle 65kg bronze medal match on Friday.
Bajrang, who had already missed out on the chance to defend his gold, was bested by Japan’s Kaiki Yamaguchi by way of technical superiority (10-0) and went out of the Asian Games empty-handed.
In the primary half, Yamaguchi claimed 4 factors and went on to say one other six to stroll away with a bronze medal.
Bajrang turned the fourth Indian wrestler to lose the semifinal bout and head to the bronze medal match. Aman Sehrawat, Sonam Malik and Kiran may even wrestle of their respective bronze medal bouts after dropping the semifinals.
Grappler Aman suffered a 10-12 defeat in opposition to Japanese wrestler Toshihiro Hasegawa, a World Championship bronze medallist, within the males’s freestyle 57kg semifinals.
Sonam Malik, who packed back-to-back 10-0 victories earlier on Friday, misplaced 0-7 to Mun Hyongyong of the Republic of Korea within the semifinal.
Meanwhile, Kiran additionally misplaced her semis bout in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Zhamila Bakbergenova 4-2.
The 4 wrestlers will compete for a bronze medal of their respective classes later within the day.
On the opposite hand, Radhika suffered a 5-10 defeat in opposition to Mongolian grappler Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan within the girls’s freestyle 68kg quarterfinal, ending her Hangzhou marketing campaign. (ANI)