By Our Special Correspondent
The Asian Championships will begin in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Tuesday with qualification, repechage and finals in five Greco-Roman weight categories (55kg, 63kg, 77kg, 87kg and 130kg). The five Indian grapplers in the above weight categories had left the country on Saturday while the women contingent and remaining five Greco-Roman wrestlers left on Monday.
The freestyle contingent comprising Olympic medalist — Ravi Dahiya (57kg) and Bajrang Punia (65kg) — are scheduled to depart on Wednesday. Bouts in the women’s freestyle wrestling will be held on Thursday and Friday while men will be in action on Saturday and Sunday.
The continental occasion will be a great alternative for Indian wrestlers to get worldwide publicity forward of big-ticket competitions just like the Commonwealth Video games, World Championships and Asian Video games. His worldwide come back because the bronze medal hauls on the Tokyo Olympics final 12 months.
He has gained seven Asian medals (2 gold, 3 silver and a couple of bronze) thus far. The Haryana wrestler had gained the Asian title twice (2017 and 2019) however needed to cope with silver within the earlier two editions the place his nemesis Takuto Otoguro from Japan gained the gold.
Tokyo Video games silver medalist Ravi and Deepak Punia (86kg) will even be anticipated to complete on the rostrum. Ravi is the defending champion and could be aiming for his third straight gold.
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