Navjot Kaur clinched India's first gold medal of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships as she outclassed Japan's Miya Imai in the final bout of the women's 65kg freestyle category on Friday. The two medals took India's medal tally to six -- a gold, a silver and four bronze medals. The 28-year-old Navjot has been around the wrestling circuit for a while as she had previously won a silver at the Asian Championships in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 Commonwealth Games in 67kg. Sakshi, meanwhile, emerged from a hard-fought bronze medal playoff against Kazhakstan s Ayaulym Kassymova with a 10-7 scoreline. Another Indian wrestler Sangeeta defeated Jieun Um of Korea to win a bronze medal in the women's 59kg freestyle event.

Source: dna March 02, 2018 16:18 UTC