Former Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar clinched Gold for India in men’s wrestling (74kg category) on Thursday at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast. The veteran Indian wrestler defeated South Africa’s Johannes Botha by technical superiority in the summit clash of the men’s freestyle event to defend his 2014 title. This was India’s 29th medal at the 2018 Games. India now has 14 Gold, 6 Silver and 9 Bronze medals and they are in the No.3 position of Points tally. Sushil’s Gold was India’s second yellow metal of the day and fourth overall in wrestling. Earlier, Rahul Aware defeated Canada’s Steven Takahashi in the 57kg freestyle final to clinch Gold.
Women wrestlers Babita Kumari claimed Silver and Kiran took Bronze in their respective categories.The 2014 Glasgow Games gold medallist, Babita lost in the final 2-5 to Canada’s Diana Weicker to finish second in the 53kg. Kiran won Bronze by defeating Katouskia Paridhaven of Mauritius in the women’s Freestyle 76kg repechage round. She had lost in the semi-finals by technical superiority.