Hangzhou [China], October 6 (ANI): The 2018 Asian Games champion Bajrang Punia didn’t defend his title, dropping 1-8 in opposition to former world champion grappler Rahman Amouzadkhalili of Iran within the males’s 65kg wrestling semifinal of the continuing nineteenth Asian Games on Friday.
Bajrang turned the fourth Indian wrestler to lose the semifinal bout and head to the bronze medal match. Aman Sehrawat, Sonam Malik and Kiran can 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 ladies’s freestyle 68kg quarterfinal, ending her Hangzhou marketing campaign. (ANI)