Bajrang Punia reached the gold medal match along with three more Indians on the opening day of men’s freestyle competition at the Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi today. Also reaching the gold medal bouts were Ravi Dahiya in 57 kg, Gourav Baliyan in 79 kg and Satywart Kadiyan in 97kg.
Of the five Indians in action today, it was only Naveen who missed out on final appearance in the 70kg category. He will now fight for bronze with Kazakhstan’s Meirzhan Ashirov.