Asian Wrestling Championships: Sunil Kumar Wins India’s First Greco-Roman Gold In 27 Years | Wrestling News

Sunil Kumar on Tuesday overpowered Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan Five-Zero within the 87kg summit bout to win India’s first Greco-Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championships in 27 years. Coming into the gold medal bout after a come-from-behind victory within the semifinal, Kumar comprehensively defeated his opponent within the ultimate of 87kg class on the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in Delhi. 

Previous, Kumar used to be down 1-Eight in his semifinal bout towards his Kazakh opponent Azamat Kustubayev however made an excellent comeback, grabbing 11 issues at the trot to win the bout at 12-Eight. 

In 2019 additionally, Kumar had made it to the overall and ended with a silver medal. 

Some other Indian, Arjun Halakurki received a bronze in Greco-Roman 55kg, his first medal at his first senior world match. 

Arjun used to be main 7-1 towards Iran’s Naserpour however misplaced 7-Eight within the semifinal.