Indian Women Wrestlers Claim Medals In All 10 Categories To Clinch Under-23 Asian Championships
Indian women wrestlers dominated across all facets to secure the team title at the Under-23 Asian Championship, winning a medal in every one of the 10 categories, including four gold and five silver.
Priyanshi Prajapat (50kg), Reena (55kg), Shrishti (68kg), and Priya (76kg) achieved first-place finishes.
Five additional Indian women wrestlers reached the gold-medal bouts but concluded with silver medals.
Neha Sharma (57kg), Tanvi (59kg), Pragati (62kg), Siksha (65kg), and Jyoti Berwal (72kg) earned silver medals, while Hinaben Khalifa (53kg) claimed a bronze on Friday.
In the Greco-Roman style, Sumit secured the gold in the 63kg category, with Nitesh (97kg) and Ankit Gulia (72kg) each winning bronze medals.
In the men's freestyle events, Vicky won gold in the 97kg category. Nikhil (61kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Jaideep (74kg), Chandermohan (79kg), and Sachin (92kg) are set to compete for gold on Saturday.
Sagar Jaglan (86kg) will compete in the bronze-medal play-off, while Jaspooran Singh (125kg) remains in contention for a medal in his weight class.
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