15 May,2017 08:19 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
India finished their Asian Wrestling Championship campaign on a resounding note with Sumit winning a silver medal in the 125 kg category on the concluding day of the continental event
India finished their Asian Wrestling Championship campaign on a resounding note with Sumit winning a silver medal in the 125 kg category on the concluding day of the continental event.
Sumit went down to Yadollah Mohammadkazem Mohebi of Iran in men's 125kg Freestyle gold medal bout on the final day of the competition here.
The Indian wrestlers finished with 10 medals, including a gold, five silver and four bronze, bettering their tally of nine medals in the last edition of the Championship at Bangkok.
In the gold medal round, the Indian wrestler could not pose much threat to his formidable Iranian opponent - losing 2-6 to settle for the second position.
All the other Indian freestyle wrestlers in the fray today - Harphool (61kg), Vinod Kumar Omprakash (70kg) and Somveer (86kg) - bowed out early.
Harphool went down fighting 6-7 to Rei Higuchi of Japan in the quarterfinal round to crash out of the tournament.
The Indian wrestler though did well during his qualification bout, thrashing Divoshan Charles Fernando of Sri Lanka 11-0.
