Junior Asian Wrestling: Indian wrestlers Sachin, Deepak clinch gold

Deepak Punia poses with his gold medal yesterday. Pic/PTI

Sachin Rathi scripted a sensational turn around in the final bout. while Deepak Punia asserted his supremacy without fuss as India won two gold and as many bronze medals in the freestyle competition on the concluding day of the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship here yesterday.

On the last day of the championship, four of the five Indian wrestlers reached the medal round with Suraj Rajkumar Kokate (61kg) and Mohit (125kg) winning bronze medals. The only one to miss out was Somveer Singh in the 92kg category.

India, with 173 points, finished second in the team championship behind Iran (189 points). Uzbekistan finished third with 128 points. "I knew I could win. My coach told me that I have to fight every second. I had the confidence to win gold despite trailing by many points. I just did not give up. It was more of a mental challenge after conceding such lead and I did it," he said.

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