Asian Wrestling Championships: Navjot Kaur clinches gold, Sakshi Malik wins bronze

NEW DELHI: Ace wrestler Navjot Kaur made India proud by winning the Asian Championships gold, outclassing Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in a one-sided contest of the women's 65kg freestyle category final in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday.

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Earlier in the day, India got another medal through Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik who won the bronze in the 62kg freestyle category after getting better of Kazakhstan's Ayaulym Kassymova 10-7 in a tough fight.



The two medals now took India's overall tally to six, which consisted a gold, a silver and four bronze medals.

Navjot, who reached the finals after defeating Mongolia's Tsevegmed Enkhbayar 2-1 in the semis, clinched a two-point lead inside two minutes but it got reverted after Japan challenged the referee's decision. But Navjot fought back to take 2-0 lead and went into the break with a convincing 5-0 lead.

Navjot didn't give Miya a single chance to stage a comeback into the match but the Japanese won a single point to trail 1-5. Navjot quickly claimed two more points taking her lead to 7-1 before sealing the title 9-1 in her favour.