XI'AN (China): World number one Bajrang Punia logged 10 issues in a row within the gold medal bout to reclaim his Asian Championship crown, while Parveen Rana settled for silver as India ended the primary day with 3 medals on Tuesday.
Punia defeated Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov 12-7 in a nail-biting 65kg men's loose style.
The CWG and Asian Games champion used to be trailing 2-7 with just 60 seconds to go for the general bell however the unperturbed Indian produced 3 gut wrench strikes and an publicity move to take eight issues after he began the attack with a two-point take down.
The Kazkah used to be visibly tired while Bajrang displayed immense stamina and intelligence beneath drive to emerge triumphant.
It is Bajrang's 2nd gold on the championship, having won one in 2017. Overall, it used to be the fifth medal for the Indian in this match.
With this performance, Bajrang over again sounded a warning to his fighters that he will be a powerful medal contender on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"I have been training to adopt new techniques; am happy that I could implement those and I am very happy that I could win the match and a gold medal here. There is lots to work on and my focus is to prepare for the World Championship, which also is an Olympic qualifier," stated Bajrang.
On his method to the general, Bajrang had conceded just one level.
He defeated Uzbekistan's Sirojiddin Khasanov 12-1 within the semi-final before winning by means of technical superiority in opposition to Charles Fern of Sri Lanka. He beat Peyman Biabani of Iran 6-0.
Parveen Rana won his first large medal in seven years despite the fact that he overlooked out on the top prize. Praveen, who won a bronze in this championship in 2012, lost the 79kg gold medal bout 0-3 to 2017 global championships bronze medallist Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran.
Rana had won a close 3-2 semifinal in opposition to Kazakhstan's Galymzhan Usserbayev.
"I'm glad that I may alternate the colour of my medal. There are quite a couple of important tournaments bobbing up and this win will further motivate me as I goal to win a berth for the World Championships later this year and qualify for Olympics, stated Parveen.
Satywart Kadian lost to Batzul Ulziisaikhan within the 97kg quarterfinal bout however went on to make the minimize after his Mongolian rival reached the general. He won the bronze play-off Eight-1 in opposition to Haobin Gao of China.
Meanwhile, within the 57kg weight division, Ravi Kumar entered the bronze medal play-off round after winning his repechage in opposition to Chia Tso Liu of Taipei 4-0 however lost the medal bout 3-Five to Yuki Takahashi of Japan.
Rajneesh bowed out of the match early in 70kg class.
Punia defeated Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov 12-7 in a nail-biting 65kg men's loose style.
The CWG and Asian Games champion used to be trailing 2-7 with just 60 seconds to go for the general bell however the unperturbed Indian produced 3 gut wrench strikes and an publicity move to take eight issues after he began the attack with a two-point take down.
The Kazkah used to be visibly tired while Bajrang displayed immense stamina and intelligence beneath drive to emerge triumphant.
It is Bajrang's 2nd gold on the championship, having won one in 2017. Overall, it used to be the fifth medal for the Indian in this match.
With this performance, Bajrang over again sounded a warning to his fighters that he will be a powerful medal contender on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"I have been training to adopt new techniques; am happy that I could implement those and I am very happy that I could win the match and a gold medal here. There is lots to work on and my focus is to prepare for the World Championship, which also is an Olympic qualifier," stated Bajrang.
On his method to the general, Bajrang had conceded just one level.
He defeated Uzbekistan's Sirojiddin Khasanov 12-1 within the semi-final before winning by means of technical superiority in opposition to Charles Fern of Sri Lanka. He beat Peyman Biabani of Iran 6-0.
Parveen Rana won his first large medal in seven years despite the fact that he overlooked out on the top prize. Praveen, who won a bronze in this championship in 2012, lost the 79kg gold medal bout 0-3 to 2017 global championships bronze medallist Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran.
Rana had won a close 3-2 semifinal in opposition to Kazakhstan's Galymzhan Usserbayev.
"I'm glad that I may alternate the colour of my medal. There are quite a couple of important tournaments bobbing up and this win will further motivate me as I goal to win a berth for the World Championships later this year and qualify for Olympics, stated Parveen.
Satywart Kadian lost to Batzul Ulziisaikhan within the 97kg quarterfinal bout however went on to make the minimize after his Mongolian rival reached the general. He won the bronze play-off Eight-1 in opposition to Haobin Gao of China.
Meanwhile, within the 57kg weight division, Ravi Kumar entered the bronze medal play-off round after winning his repechage in opposition to Chia Tso Liu of Taipei 4-0 however lost the medal bout 3-Five to Yuki Takahashi of Japan.
Rajneesh bowed out of the match early in 70kg class.
Asian Wrestling: Bajrang Punia claims gold with tough win in final
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