Rewind: Bajrang Punia’s golden tale of 2019

By   - 15/05/2020

Bajrang Punia’s 2019 World Champion campaign had gathered a lot of news. First, it was due to his controversial semi-final loss to Daulet Niyazbekov. However, it was his bronze-medal win which was special in more than one ways.

Shrugging off his defeat to Niyazbekov, Bajrang held off a spirited challenge from Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir to bag his third Worlds medal. With this, he became the first Indian wrestler to win three world championship medals—other being in 2013 and 2018.


Ochir had put Bajrang under a lot of pressure from the beginning as he pushed the Indian outside the mat to take the lead. He locked Bajrang’s arms to prevent attacks and then effected a four-point throw to lead 6-0.

Bajrang got on board with a counter and true to his style made a superb comeback in the second period. He first erased the deficit and then took lead with a flurry of moves to eventually nail a narrow 8-7 win.

This win also meant the passing of the golden baton which was for long carried by twin Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar. It was him who had set the foundation of a glorious legacy. At the turn of the decade, he became India’s first world champion after winning gold in 2010.

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When Bajrang created another history in the same competition, it was enough to call him the worthy successor of a legacy for which the foundation stone was laid in 2008.

What makes Bajrang Punia unique?

Strength and stamina have been Bajrang’s primary weapon. But it is his techniques that makes him stand out from his counter-parts.

Over the years, many Indian wrestlers have relied heavily on raw strength and nimble feet to tackle opponents. But Bajrang is different. Just like his mentor Yogeshwar Dutt, the grappler is one of the most technically sound wrestlers and has often used it to his advantage in tough situations. And the man to help Bajrang tweak his technique is his Georgian coach Shako Bentinidis.

Bajrang has now set his eyes for Olympics and if he manages to win a gold in Tokyo, he would set another history for India.

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