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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