Bajrang Punia wins bronze, first Indian to win 3 world championship medals

Keeping aside the disappointment of Thursday’s loss, Bajrang Punia did India proud by picking bronze medal of the world wrestling championship in Nur-Sultan. Bajrang defeated Tulga TUMUR OCHIR of Mongolia in the 65kg weight category bronze medal match.

In an exciting bronze battle, Bajrang was down by 2-6 at the end of the first round but made a grand comeback in the second round to make it 8-6 in his favor. The bout ended with scoreline of 8-7 in favor of top seed Bajrang.

World number 1 Bajrang Punia lost the semi-finals yesterday in controversial manner. This is Barang’s third world championship medal. No Indian has ever won more than 1 medal at the World Championships. Punia won his first medal at the world’s in 2017 and then a silver medal at 2018 world championship, followed by bronze in 2019.

Indian medal winners at Wrestling Worlds – Before 2019 event

Date	Place	Name	Style	Weight	Rank
2010-09-10	Moscow	Kumar, Sushil	Freestyle	66.0	1
2018-10-20	Budapest	Punia, Bajrang	Freestyle	65.0	2
2013-09-16	Budapest	Kumar, Amit	Freestyle	55.0	2
1967-11-12	New Delhi	Singh, Bishamber Ali	Freestyle	57.0	2
2018-10-22	Budapest	Dhanda, Pooja	Female wrestling	57.0	3
2015-09-10	Las Vegas	Yadav, Narsingh Panchav	Freestyle	74.0	3
2013-09-20	Budapest	Yadav, Sandeep	Greco-Roman	66.0	3
2013-09-16	Budapest	Punia, Barjang	Freestyle	60.0	3
2012-09-27	Strathcona County	Babita, Kumari	Female wrestling	51.0	3
2012-09-27	Strathcona County	Geeta	Female wrestling	55.0	3
2009-09-21	Herning	Kumar, Rames	Freestyle	74.0	3
2006-09-29	Guangzhou	Tomar, Alka	Female wrestling	59.0	3
1961-06-01	Yokohama	Chand, Udey	Freestyle	67.0	3

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