India wins 20 medals at U-20 Asian Wrestling Championships

Key facts

• India secured a total of 20 medals, comprising four gold, seven silver, and nine bronze, at the Under-20 Asian Wrestling Championships.
• In Women's Wrestling, India finished second overall with 184 points, behind champions China (189 points) and ahead of Japan (142 points).
• The gold medalists in the women's division were Parveen (50kg), Muskan (53kg), and Kajal (76kg).
• The women's silver medals were won by Manya Rajput (57kg), Savita (62kg), and Manisha (72kg), while bronze medals were secured by Kajal (55kg), Komal (59kg), and Mansi Lather (65kg).
• The Indian Men's Freestyle team finished third overall with 152 points, following Kazakhstan (170 points) and Iran (164 points).
• Sumit Kumar Laxman Bharaskar won the solitary gold medal for India in the Men's Freestyle 70kg category.
• In Men's Freestyle, silver medals were won by Pushp (61kg), Saurabh Yadav (79kg), and Ronak (125kg), while bronze medals were won by Rohit (57kg), Adarsh Yuvraj Patil (74kg), and Lacky (97kg).
• In the Greco-Roman division, Akshay Rana won a silver medal (97kg), and bronze medals were won by Neeraj Patel (55kg), Anuj (67kg), and Dheeraj Kumar Malik (67kg).
• Sanjay Kumar Singh is the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
• The Indian contingent also won 21 medals across three categories at the Under-15 Asian Wrestling Championships held at the same venue.