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Asian Games 2018: Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins India's first gold

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 07:52 PM

Asian Games 2018: Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins Indias first gold

New Delhi, Aug 19: Wrestler Bajrang Punia won India's first gold medal the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday.

Bajrang defeated Japan's Takatani Daichi 11-8 o in the men's 65 kg freestyle final to grab the yellow metal.

This is Bajrang's first gold medal at Asian Games, he had earlier won silver in 2014.

Earlier, Bajrang defeated Fayziev Abdulqosim of Tajikistan in the quarter-finals, after crushing Sirojiddin Khasanov of Uzbekistan on technical superiority in his campaign opener.

Fayziev had thrashed Jindapan Somsak of Thailand by technical superiority (12-2) in the pre-quarterfinals.