Asian Games wrestling: Divya Kakran bags bronze

PTI Updated - August 21, 2018 at 06:18 PM.

Adds first bronze to the medal kitty

Divya Kakran (blue) during her 68 kg freestyle wrestling match at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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. 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.

Published on August 21, 2018 12:46