Indian Team Trials 86kg : World No.1 Deepak Punia wins trials without much fuss, watch the battle with Pawan Saroha
Deepak Punia the world championship silver medallist proved that he is the current world number 1 not without any reason in the 86kg category. Punia who was declared WrestlingTV’S male wrestler of the year 2019 won the final bout against Pawan Saroha with ease to qualify for the Asian Wrestling Championships. Unlike the other weight categories, in 86kg category, Punia was in the trials not for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers spot but for the place in the Indian team for the Asian Championship in Delhi. Punia already is sitting with Tokyo 2020 quota and as per the UWW rules, no Indian will participate in the category at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers as the quota in the category is already booked.
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Qualifiers in each category
57kg – Ravi Dhaiya (Railways) beat Pankaj (Services) 10-0
65kg – Bajrang Punia qualified directly
74kg – Jitendar (Services) beat Amit Dhankar (Haryana) 5-2
86kg – Deepak Punia (Services) beat Pawan Saroha (Railways) 6-2
97kg – Satyawart Kadian (Railways) beat Mausam Khatri (Har) 12-2
125kg – Sumit Malik (Railways) beat Satendar (Services) 9-0
Freestyle Category – All Results in Detail
57kg
Quarterfinals
Rahul (JHA) beat Sumit (Delhi) 6-1
Pankaj (Services) beat Arun (Del) 6-1
Semi-Finals
Pankaj (Services) beat Rahul (JHA) 3-2
Finals
Ravi Dhaiya (Railways) beat Pankaj (Services) 10-0
65kg – Bajrang Punia qualified directly
74kg
Last 16
Sandeep Maan (Pun) beat Karan (Services) 2-1
Vinod Kumar (Services) beat Vishal (Haryana) 3-2
Praveen Rana (Railways) beat Naveen (JHA) 2-1
Quarterfinals
Gaurav Baliyan (U.P) beat Arjun Yadav (Railways) 10-2
Amit Dhankar (Har) beat Praveen Malik (Har) 13-2
Jitendra (Railways) beat Sandeep Maan (Pun) 3-2
Vinod Kumar (Services) beat Praveen Rana (Railways) 4-2
Semi-Finals
Amit Dhankar (Haryana) beat Gaurav Baliyan (U.P) 7-6
Jitendra (Services) beat Vinod Kumar (Services) 6-1
Finals
Jitendra (Services) beat Amit Dhankar (Haryana) 5-2
86kg –
Last 16
Sanjeet (Services) beat Praveen Chahar (Del) 5-5
Quarter-finals
Pawan (Railways) beat Rahul Rathi (Haryana) 6-0
Sanjeet (Services) beat Deepak (Railways) 5-2
Semi-Finals
Pawan Kumar (Railways) beat Sanjeet (Services) 1-1
Finals
Deepak Punia (Services) beat Pawan Saroha (Railways) 6-2
97kg
Mausam Khatri (Har) beat Rajbir (Railways) 5-0
Quarterfinals
Karandeep (Pun) beat Vicky (Services) 2-2
Mausam Khatri (Har) beat Somber (Services) 8-5
Semi-Finals
Mausam Khatri (Har) beat Karandeep (Pun) 12-2
Satyawart Kadian (Railways) beat Kapil Dhama (U.P) 8-0
Finals
Satyawart Kadian (Railways) beat Mausam Khatri (Har) 12-2
125kg –
Semi-Finals
Sumit Malik (Railways) beat Pushpender (Services) 6-0
Satender (Services) beat Dharmendar (Punjab) 5-2
Finals
Sumit Malik (Railways) beat Satendar (Services) 9-0
