Sports Bureau
Anirudh Kumar (125kg) secured a bronze medal in freestyle competitions of the Asian wrestling championships in Astana.
Anirudh defeated Uzbekistan’s Sardorbek Kholmatov 12-2 within the bronze medal match.
World championships silver medallist Deepak Punia (92kg), who beat China’s Xiao Sun 8-1, misplaced 0-5 to Bahrain’s Magomed Sharipov within the quarterfinals and ultimately crashed out of the medal race.
Indian freestyle wrestlers collected a gold medal and two bronzes.
