Asian Wrestling Championships: India's Harpreet Singh and Sachin Sahrawat bag Bronze medals in Mongolia

In Wrestling, Harpreet Singh and Sachin Sahrawat bagged a bronze each as Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers concluded their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 with five medals, in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia yesterday. Harpreet defeated Korea's Sejin Yang 4-2 in the quarter-final before going down to Iran's Rasoul Sadegh Garmsiri in the semis by fall in the 82 kg weight category. In the bronze medal match, Harpreet was declared the winner after Jafar Khan from Qatar suffered an injury.

However, the remaining four Greco-Roman wrestlers Gyanender,  Sachin Sahrawat, Vikas, and Ravi lost in the quarter-finals yesterday.

Indian women's freestyle wrestlers will begin their campaign at the Championships today. On the other hand, Indian men's freestyle wrestlers, including Tokyo Olympic medallists Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia, will take the mat on Saturday.

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