Last Updated: February 25, 2023, 22:34 IST
Ankit Gulia gained the medal in Greco-Roman 72kg class. (Pic Credit: TW/Media_SAI)
The 19-year-old Ankit, who misplaced 9-0 to Georgian Otar Abuladze, acquired the higher of Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan 9-0 in the repechage spherical
Indian Greco Roman wrestler Ankit Gulia (72kg) has gained a bronze medal in the Ibrahim Moustafa ranking-series Alexandria (Egypt).
The 19-year-old Ankit, who misplaced 9-0 to Georgian Otar Abuladze, acquired the higher of Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan 9-0 in the repechage spherical.
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The Indian grappler gained the medal after Iranian 67kg Olympic champion Mohammadreza Abdolhamid Geraei withdrew from the bronze medal match because of an harm. Geraei suffered the harm in one in every of his earlier bouts.
This was India’s first medal on the ongoing match.
Gulia, who gained the U-15 Asian championships gold in 2019, misplaced his opening spherical bout to Georgia’s Otar Abuladze on technical superiority (9-0).
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In the repechage spherical, he gained by technical superiority towards Kyrgyzstan’s Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu inside the primary interval of the 72kg bout.
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