Sakshi Malik wins silver, Vinesh Phogat gets bronze at Asian Wrestling C'ships

February 21, 2020 10:16 PM

Sakshi Malik wins silver, Vinesh Phogat gets bronze at Asian Wrestling C'ships

Indian women team registered its best-ever performance at the Asian Wrestling Championship returning with eight medals in New Delhi. Sakshi Malik claimed a silver today while Vinesh Phogat dominated her bronze medal play-off after losing to Mayu Mukaida. The Indian team had won only one gold medal before this edition but Divya, Pinki and Sarita Mor won three on the opening day while Nirmala Devi came out second best. Today Sakshi's  65 kg, silver and bronze medals won by Vinesh Phogat i...

Indian wrestlers bag 5 medals but no gold on 2nd day in Asian Championships

April 24, 2019 8:50 PM

Indian wrestlers bag 5 medals but no gold on 2nd day in Asian Championships

Indian wrestlers reaped a rich-harvest of five medals in men's freestyle events but a gold medal eluded them on the second day of the Asian Championships in Xi'an, China.   All the five wrestlers who competed today won a medal each but none could add a gold on the second day after Bajrang Punia clinched a yellow metal in 65 kilogram men's freestyle yesterday.   Amit Dhankar and Vicky lost their gold medal bouts in the 74 kilogram and 92 kilogram. Rahul Aware (61 kilogr...