Indian wrestlers pick up 6 Gold in Asian Wrestling Championships

New Delhi: Indian wrestlers continued to shine at the Under-15 Asian Wrestling Championships in Taichung, Taiwan as they made a rich haul of six gold medals on Saturday.

Led by 2019 cadet world champion Komal (39kg), the gold rush ensured that the contingent now has a total of eight gold medals after beginning their campaign with a couple of gold on Friday.

While Komal, one of the fastest-rising Indian wrestling stars, lived up to the expectations, the other girls also impressed with both Saloni (33kg) and Babli (36kg) performing brilliantly to finish on the top podium. All the 3 girls gave dominating displays to stay undefeated in their respective categories.

The exploits of Indian freestyle wrestlers continued on Day 2 as well as in the 48kg category, Akash performed brilliantly to beat Daiki Ogawa of Japan. Akash's quick reflexes did not give any chance to the Japanese in the bout, resulting in a victory for India by 8-3.

Debutant Udit Kumar also shone on Day 2, bringing home a bar of silver in 57kg to add to the bronze he won earlier in the year at the Cadet World Championships. With Kapil too winning a bronze medal in 52kg, all the 6 Indian freestyle wrestlers in the squad have won a medal. This has resulted in India leading the team rankings list with 125 points, followed by Kazakhstan with 120. IANS

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