Meenakshi Goyat bags silver; Sujeet, Abhimanyou, Sandeep enter gold medal bouts

Key facts

• Meenakshi Goyat added a third silver to India’s tally in the women’s 53kg category at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships.
• Meenakshi lost 0-10 against China’s Jin Zhang in the 53-kg final, an Olympic Games weight classification.
• Monika defeated Hanbit Lee of South Korea 9-0 to win bronze in the women’s 65kg category.
• Harshita defeated Sevinchoy Polvonova 5-0 to win bronze in the women’s 72kg category.
• India’s overall medals tally stands at three silver and seven bronze medals.
• Sujeet (65kg) defeated Abdulmazhid Kudiev of Tajikistan 7-2 in the semi-final and will face Umidjon Jalolov of Uzbekistan in the final.
• Abhimanyou (70kg) defeated defending champion Ernazar Akmataliev of Kyrgyzstan 6-3 and will face Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in the final.
• Sandeep Mann (79kg) defeated Somonjon Ikromov of Tajikistan 10-0 in the semi-final and will face Japan’s Keyvan Gharehdaghi in the gold medal bout.
• Vicky will contest for bronze in the 97kg category after losing 0-2 to Amirali Azarpira of Iran in the semi-final.
• Ankush will challenge Fuga Sasaki of Japan for bronze in the men’s 57kg freestyle.