By Our Special Correspondent
Bajrang Punia claimed a bronze medal even as Aman won his first gold medal at the senior level with a commanding show in the 57kg competition at the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup here today.
Bajrang, the Tokyo Games bronze winner, struggled in his opening bout against Uzbekistan's Abbos Rakhmonov, losing 3-5 but competed much better in the bronze play off where he played smartly to score on counter-attacks against Kazakhstan's Rifat Saibotalov, winning 7-0.
In the 57kg, Aman, who trains at Chhatrasal stadium with Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, impressed and went on to win the gold medal, his first at the senior level in an international event.
Aman, who trains with Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, began with a 15-12 win over Meirambek Kartbay. He followed that up with a win by technical superiority over Abdymalik Karachov. In the final, he edged out Kazakhstan’s Merey Bazarbayev 10-9 to stay unbeaten in the five-wrestler category to claim gold. It was Aman’s third medal this season, having won silver and bronzes each.
Meanwhile, Vishal Kaliramana (70kg) and Naveen (74kg) missed out on podium finishes after losing bronze medal rounds.
India thus signed off from the wrestling tourney in Almaty with 12 medals from the Ranking Series event with the women's wrestlers claiming eight of them, including five gold.
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