Bajrang, the Tokyo Video games bronze winner, struggled in his opening bout in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Abbos Rakhmonov, dropping 3-5, however fought again to win a bronze medal on Sunday.
Bajrang Punia gained the bronze medal in Almaty on Sunday (Reuters Photograph)
Wrestler Bajrang Punia fought again from a deficient opening-round defeat to win a bronze medal whilst Aman claimed his first gold medal on the senior degree with a commanding display within the 57kg pageant on the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup in Almaty on Sunday.
Bajrang, who gained the Tokyo Olympics bronze, suffered a tame defeat within the opening around to Uzbekistan’s Abbos Rahkmonov because of his ultra-defensive ways. On the other hand, he bounced again, scoring a 7-0 win within the bronze medal play-offs in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Rifat Saibotalov.
Bajrang, the Tokyo Video games bronze winner, struggled in his opening bout in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Abbos Rakhmonov, dropping 3-5 however competed significantly better within the bronze play off the place he performed neatly to attain on counter-attacks in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Rifat Saibotalov, profitable 7-0.
Within the 57kg, Aman, who trains at Chhatrasal stadium with Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, inspired and went directly to win the gold medal, his first on the senior degree in a global tournament.
He started with a 15-12 win over Meirambek Kartbay within the high-scoring opening bout and adopted that with a technical superiority win over Abdymalik Karachov from Kyrgyzstan.
In his ultimate bout, he edged out Kazakhstan’s Merey Bazarbayev 10-9 to stick unbeaten within the five-wrestler class to assert gold.
It’s Aman’s 3rd medal this season, having gained a silver at Dan Kolov and a bronze at Yasar Dogu.
In the meantime, Vishal Kaliramana (70kg) and Naveen (74kg) overlooked out on podium finishes after dropping bronze medal rounds.
India thus signed off from the wrestling tourney in Almaty with 12 medals from the Score Collection tournament with the ladies’s wrestlers claiming 8 of them, together with 5 gold.