NEW DELHI: Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinod Omprakash Kumar added two extra medals to India's tally as they won their respective bronze-medal bouts of the Asian Wrestling Championships at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday. India now has 8 medals within the championships, including a gold, a silver and six bronze.
Punia defeated Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei of Iran to win bronze in 65kg freestyle event, while Vinod Kumar got the better of Elaman Dogdurbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan in 70kg freestyle.
Punia beat Emamichoghaei 10-Four, however the scoreline didn't do justice to the shut bout as Punia trailed his Iranian opponent in four of the six-minute contest.
The Iranian took 2-0 lead early inside of 30 seconds and Punia had to produce his easiest to degree the tie 2-2 simply ahead of the damage. Similar to the primary half, Emamichoghaei started the second half aggressively and regained the two-point lead. But Punia countered back with some artful moves to degree the competition again with lower than two mins left. After that it used to be all Punia as he scored 3 two-pointers in fast succession to win the fit.
Earlier, Punia defeated Abdulqosim Fayziev of Tajikistan to enter bronze-medal fit.
The 2d medal-round bout for India on Saturday between Vinod and his Kyrgyzstan opponent used to be a low-scoring tight contest. The home favorite wrestler scored the primary level of the bout with lower than a minute left to the damage.
Vinod levelled the rating early in the second half. And with 40 seconds left within the contest, Uulu scored a crucial two issues to take a Three-1 lead. Vinod then produced his own two-pointer with lower than ten seconds left and the fit ended at Three-Three. But Vinod used to be adjudged the winner unanimously by way of the referee as India won their 2d bronze of the day.
Vinod complex to bronze-medal fit after his quarterfinal opponent Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan reached the overall.
Punia defeated Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei of Iran to win bronze in 65kg freestyle event, while Vinod Kumar got the better of Elaman Dogdurbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan in 70kg freestyle.
Punia beat Emamichoghaei 10-Four, however the scoreline didn't do justice to the shut bout as Punia trailed his Iranian opponent in four of the six-minute contest.
The Iranian took 2-0 lead early inside of 30 seconds and Punia had to produce his easiest to degree the tie 2-2 simply ahead of the damage. Similar to the primary half, Emamichoghaei started the second half aggressively and regained the two-point lead. But Punia countered back with some artful moves to degree the competition again with lower than two mins left. After that it used to be all Punia as he scored 3 two-pointers in fast succession to win the fit.
Earlier, Punia defeated Abdulqosim Fayziev of Tajikistan to enter bronze-medal fit.
The 2d medal-round bout for India on Saturday between Vinod and his Kyrgyzstan opponent used to be a low-scoring tight contest. The home favorite wrestler scored the primary level of the bout with lower than a minute left to the damage.
Vinod levelled the rating early in the second half. And with 40 seconds left within the contest, Uulu scored a crucial two issues to take a Three-1 lead. Vinod then produced his own two-pointer with lower than ten seconds left and the fit ended at Three-Three. But Vinod used to be adjudged the winner unanimously by way of the referee as India won their 2d bronze of the day.
Vinod complex to bronze-medal fit after his quarterfinal opponent Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan reached the overall.
Asian Wrestling: Bajrang Punia, Vinod Kumar win bronze
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