Asian Wrestling Championships

Asian Wrestling Championships: India's Nisha Dahiya Wins Silver; Priya Gets Bronze Medal

Priya, competing in the 76 kg category in women`s competition, defeated Chinese Taipei`s Hui Tsz Chang by 2-1 to advance past the qualification stage. But she was defeated by Kyrgyzstan`s Aiperi Kyzy in the quarterfinal. 

Apr 12, 2023, 18:46 PM IST

India's Tokyo Olympics medallist Ravi Dahiya creates history, wins gold at Asian Wrestling C'ships

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya beat Kazakhstan's Kalzhan Rakhat 12-2 (by virtual superiority) in the 57kg final of the Asian Wrestling Championships to grab gold medal. 

Apr 23, 2022, 16:12 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Jitender Kumar wins silver on final day

Jitender was beaten 3-1 in the final by Kazakh defending champion and World Championships bronze medallist Daniyar Kaisanov.

Feb 24, 2020, 09:16 AM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya storm into final

Punia swept aside junior world champion Amirhossein Magshoudi of Iran 10-0 by technical superiority in semi-final bout of the 65 kg category

Feb 22, 2020, 17:01 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Sakshi Malik wins second-round match

Sakshi Malik defeated Korea`s Ohyoung Ha 14-4 in the second round

Feb 21, 2020, 14:21 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: India bags 3 gold, 1 silver medal on Day 3

The Indian contingent won three gold medals and one silver on the third day of the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Thursday.

Feb 21, 2020, 11:52 AM IST

Sunil Kumar wins gold in Asian Wrestling Greco-Roman Championship

The last Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to win gold at the Asian Championships was Pappyu Yadav who won the 48 kg title in 1993.

Feb 18, 2020, 23:03 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championship trials: Sakshi Malik, Pooja Dhanda suffer defeats

The Asian Championship is slated to take place in New Delhi from February 18 and 23

Jan 04, 2020, 18:00 PM IST

Harpreet Singh bags silver as India finishes with 16 medals at Asian Wrestling Championships

India's overall tally of 16 medals included eight -- one gold, three silver and four bronze -- won by men's freestyle wrestlers, four bronze by women and three silver and bronze by Greco-Roman wrestlers.

Apr 28, 2019, 20:39 PM IST

India's Gurpreet Singh settles for silver at Asian Wrestling Championships

Gurpreet had to be satisfied with a second spot finish after being handed a 0-8 defeat by Hyeonwoo Kim of Korea in the final. 

Apr 27, 2019, 18:39 PM IST

Bajrang Punia, Praveen Rana enter final of Asian Wrestling Championship

World No.1 Bajrang comfortably defeated Uzbekistan's Sirojiddin Khasanov 12-1 in the semifinals to make it to the gold medal bout of 65kg.

Apr 23, 2019, 15:37 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Sumit bags silver to end India's campaign on a high

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 Asian Championship at Bangkok, Thailand.

May 15, 2017, 00:27 AM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia gives India first gold; women's team finishes second

London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt was present on the sidelines to witness his prodigy Bajrang win the gold medal.

May 13, 2017, 22:01 PM IST

Asian Wrestling Championships: Indian stars Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat settle for silver medals

Sakshi, who created history by becoming the first Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal -- with a bronze -- last year, could not counter the challenge from the strong Japanese grappler.

May 12, 2017, 21:10 PM IST

Sakshi Malik engagement: All you need know about the would-be husband of 2016 Rio Olympics medallist

Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik on Sunday got engaged to her long-time boyfriend Satyawart Kadian at a simple function at her Rohtak residence.

Oct 16, 2016, 21:22 PM IST