Asian Wrestling Championships: Sarita Mor, Sushma Shokeen win bronze medals

April 21, 2022 9:27 PM

Asian Wrestling Championships: Sarita Mor, Sushma Shokeen win bronze medals

Sarita Mor and Sushma Shokeen on Thursday won bronze medals for India in their respective women's freestyle weight categories at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Two-time Asian Champion Sarita Mor won two of her four group matches in the 59-kilogram division to finish third in the field of five grapplers. Sarita lost to eventual gold medallist Sara Natami of Japan via technical superiority and suffered a narrow 2-1 loss to Shoovdor Baatarjav of Mongolia in her...

Divya Kakran wins a gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championships

February 20, 2020 5:04 PM

Divya Kakran wins a gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championships

Divya Kakran today became only the second Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships defeating  junior world champion Naruha Matsuyuki in New Delhi today.  Divya won all four bouts in five-wrestler 68 kilogram category, as the competition was fought in the round-robin format. Navjot Kaur had become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Championships  in 2018 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 65 kilogram. In a memorable day for the hosts, Sarita Mor in 59 kg, ...

Bajrang, Sakshi to lead India's challenge at Asian Wrestling Championships

April 22, 2019 6:11 PM

Bajrang, Sakshi to lead India's challenge at Asian Wrestling Championships

Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik and World No. 1 Bajrang Punia will spearhead India's campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships starting in Xi'an, China on Tuesday. Besides Sakshi and Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat would also be vying for top honours during the mega-event.  The championships conclude on the 28th of this month.

Navjot Kaur clinches India's first gold in Asian Wrestling Championships

March 3, 2018 9:45 AM

Navjot Kaur clinches India's first gold in Asian Wrestling Championships

Navjot Kaur has ed history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a Gold medal at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships. She clinched the coveted yellow metal in the 65 kg freestyle category at the tournament being held at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.  Navjot defeated Japan's Miya Imai, 9-1 in a one-sided final bout yesterday to give India's its first Gold of the ongoing Championships. Rio Olympics Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik won a bronze in the 62 kg division after getting t...