Indian women grapplers Alka Tomar and Suman Kundu have won a bronze each in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex in New Delhi on Friday.Asian Games medalist Alka Tomar (59kg) and Suman Kundu (63kg) won a bronze each in the Repechage round after falling out of contention for gold and silver.Tomar, 2006 Asian Games bronze medallist, beat Miruert Dynbayeva of Kazakhstan 3-3, 2-1 in Freestyle Repechage to win the bronze. She had lost to Chinese Liu Fengming in the semifinal.Kundu got the better of Olga Kalinina of Kazakhstan in 63kg Repechage round to secure the second bronze for India and her first Asian Championship medal.With the two bronze yesterday, India's medal tally has risen to four, including two gold.
News On AIR | May 15, 2010 8:31 AM
India grab 2 bronze in Asian Wrestling Championship