Three Greco Roman wrestlers win bronze medals in Asian Wrestling Championship

The first day of Asian Wrestling Championship in Mongolia, three of the five Greco Roman wrestlers of India, including Sunil Kumar, won bronze medals yesterday. This is for the second time that Sunil has earned a podium finish at the Asian championships, having won the 87 kg title in the 2020 edition.

In the 55kg competition, Arjun Halakurki defeated Davaabandi Munkh Erdene 10-7 in the bronze play-off. He had lost his quarterfinal to Kazakhstan's Amangali



Bekbolatov. Arjun had also won a bronze at the 2020 edition of the event. In 63kg, Neeraj got the better of Uzbekistan's Islomjon Bakhramov 7-4 to earn bronze medal.

However, Sajan Bhanwal missed out on a bronze when he was outplayed by Japan's Kodai Sakuraba in the 77kg category. Prem Kumar bowed out after losing his opening 130kg qualification bout 0-5 to Iran's Amir Mohammadali Ghasemimonjazi.