Astana: Indian wrestler won 3 medals at the Asian Wrestling Championships held at Astana, Kazakhstan. Rupin secured a silver in 55kg Greco Roman. This is the 19-year-old wrestler’s first senior-level international medal. He lost to Poya Soulat Dad Marz of Iran by 3-1’ in the final. Rupin is the 2019 World Cadet Championships bronze medallist.
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Neeraj (63kg GR) and Sunil Kumar (87kg GR) claimed bronze medals. Neeraj aged 16 defeated South Korea’s Jinseub Song by ‘5-2’ to win the bronze medal. Sunil Kumar beat Japan’s Masato Sumi by ‘ 4-1’ in the bronze medal bout in 87kg.
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