New Delhi: Indian wrestlers have been on a roll in Birmingham as they outclassed a number of Commonwealth Games excessive rankers within the medal fray to proceed India’s gold rush. India on Friday bagged a complete of three gold medals in CWG 2022.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist wrestler Bajrang Punia defeated Canadian wrestler Lachlan McNeil 9-2 within the males’s 65kg weight class to win the Commonwealth Games gold medal for the second time in a row.
Later, Sakshi Malik secured a second wrestling gold for India by pinning her opponent within the ladies’s freestyle 62 kg class on the Commonwealth Games 2022. This is Sakshi’s third CWG medal (silver in Glasgow 2014, bronze in Gold Coast 2018, and Gold in CWG 2022) and first CWG gold.
Deepak Punia then made it three for India by dethroning Pakistan’s reigning gold medallist Muhammad Inam within the males’s 86kg remaining.
Indian lady wrestler Anshu Malik opened India’s account in wrestling on Friday by successful a silver medal within the 57kg freestyle occasion of the CWG 2022. She misplaced the ultimate and settled for silver.
Divya Kakran (68kg) and Mohit Grewal (125kg) gained bronze medals of their respective occasions to take India’s whole medal tally in wrestling to 6. Kakran gained the medal in simply 26 seconds through victory by fall, whereas Mohit Grewal received the higher of (*8*) Aaron Johnson in bronze medal bout.
Indian Wrestlers dominate Day 8 at CWG 2022 on Friday:
Bajrang Punia wins Gold Medal
Deepak Punia wins Gold Medal
Sakshi Malik wins Gold Medal
Anshu Malik wins Silver Medal
Divya Kakran wins Bronze Medal
Mohit Grewal wins Bronze Medal
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