Astana [Kazakhstan], April 9 (ANI): Rupin gained a silver medal within the 55kg division on Sunday to focus on the Indian Greco-Roman problem on the opening day of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
At the continental meet, Rupin ran nicely. Technical superiority helped him defeat Kyrgyzstan’s Sardarbek Konushbaev within the qualification spherical by a rating of 16-7. The Indian wrestler then defeated China’s Haifeng Zhang 3-1 and Kazakhstan’s Amangali Bekbolatov 6-4 within the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
Rupin, who is nineteen years previous, completed together with his first medal on the worldwide senior circuit after dropping the championship match 3-1 to Iran’s Pouya Dadmarz, the present U-23 world champion, as per Olympics.comDuring the 5 Greco-Roman competitions held that day, India took dwelling three medals.
Neeraj Chhikara defeated Jinseub Song of Korea 5-2 to assert bronze within the 63 kg class. Before to that, Neeraj Chhikara misplaced to Iran’s Iman Hossein Khoon Mohammadi with a rating of 9-0 technical superiority within the quarterfinals after defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Dastan Kadyrov 7-6 within the qualification spherical.
After Iman Hossein Khoon Mohammadi, who finally gained the gold medal, superior to the ultimate, Neeraj entered the bronze medal match.
In the medal match for the 87kg division, Sunil Kumar, the 2020 Asian champion, triumphed over Masato Sumi of Japan to earn a bronze medal as nicely. Sunil Kumar had earlier outclassed Tajik Saidislomiddin Aslamov 9-1 on the technical aspect. The Iranian wrestler Naser Alizadeh defeated the Indian competitor 7-2 within the semifinals.
In the 77kg, Sajan Bhanwala didn’t stand out. In the qualification spherical, he was defeated 3-1 by Amin Yavar Kaviyaninejad of Iran. In the repechage spherical, he was defeated 4-1 by Rui Liu of China.
The 130kg competitor Naveen Sevlia was eradicated within the first spherical after dropping to Temurbek Nasimov of Uzbekistan 5-3.
On Monday, competitors will happen within the remaining 5 Greco-Roman weight divisions. Later within the week, the lads’s and ladies’s freestyle competitions will happen.
Five medals, all bronze, had been gained by Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers on the 2022 Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (ANI)