Sports Bureau
Aman Sehrawat defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov 9-4 within the ultimate to emerge as the lads’s 57kg freestyle champion on the Asian wrestling championships in Astana on Thursday.
Aman, the World under-23 champion, took a while to collect a one-point lead when Almaz was placed on the exercise clock. The Kyrgyz wrestler fought again by a takedown to steer 2-1, however Aman relied on his attacking recreation to return the favour and led 3-2 after the primary interval.
Aman employed a double leg assault to collect two extra factors however conceded two factors as properly.
The Indian confirmed his relentless assaults to safe 4 extra factors. Even although picked up an harm above his proper eye when 39 seconds had been left, Aman remained calm and accomplished the struggle to assert his maiden Asian title.
Earlier, Aman went previous Japan’s Rikuto Arai 7-1 and China’s Wanhao Zou 7-4 on his approach to the ultimate.
Deepak (79kg) picked up a bronze for India. He beat Mongolia’s Byambadorj Bat Erdene 4-1 however misplaced 0-10 to Uzbek Bekzod Abdulrakhmonov within the semifinals.
Deepak outsmarted Tajikistan’s Shuhrat Bozorov 12-1 within the bronze medal match.
Commonwealth Games medallist Deepak Nehra (97kg) misplaced his bronze medal match 9-12 to Uzbekistan’s Makhsud Veysalov.
