Asian Wrestling Championships: Glory for India on day 1 as grapplers secure three medals

India was off to a spectacular start at the Asian Wrestling Championships, underway in Kazakhstan, after 19-year-old Rupin bagged a silver medal in the 55kg Greco Roman (GR) category on the first day of the tournament on Sunday.

This is Rupin’s first senior-level international medal.

Apart from Rupin, 16-year-old Neeraj and Sunil Kumar, the 2020 Asian champion brought glory to India with two bronze medal wins.

Neeraj secured a bronze in the 63kg GR category while Sunil Kumar took home the 87kg GR bronze medal.

Rupin lost 1-3 to Iranian Poya Soulat Dad Marz in the final after coming into the summit clash from the qualification round with the help of three successive wins.

In 63 kg, Neeraj, 16, defeated South Korea's Jinseub Song 5-2 to win the bronze medal, while Sunil Kumar beat Japan's Masato Sumi 4-1 in the bronze medal bout in 87kg.

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