Asian Games 2018: Divya Kakran bags bronze in wrestling

Divya Kakran added the first bronze to India's wrestling tally at the 18th Asian Games, beating Taipei's Chen Wenling in the third-place play-off bout for the 68kg category, here today.

By :  migrator
Update: 2018-08-21 13:30 GMT
Wrestler Divya Kakran(R) is declared winner against Chinese Taipei's Chen Wenling

Jakarta

The 20-year-old Asian championships silver-medallist prevailed on account of Technical Superiority with the final scoreline reading 10-0.

Earlier, Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Vinesh Phogat (50kg) had claimed gold medals in their respective events.

Divya was a gold-winner at the Commonwealth Championships last year.

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