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Asian Wrestling Championships: Indians stand tall

Ashu (67kg), Aditya (72kg), Hardeep (97kg) win bronze medals in Greco-Roman

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India's Ashu (in blue) grapples with Abdwlkarim Mohd Alhasan of Syria during the 67kg bronze medal match in New Delhi yesterday. Pics/ PTI

India's Ashu (in blue) grapples with Abdwlkarim Mohd Alhasan of Syria during the 67kg bronze medal match in New Delhi yesterday. Pics/ PTI

Ashu, Aditya Kundu and Hardeep won a bronze medal each in their respective weight categories as Indian wrestlers bagged five medals in Greco-Roman events of the Asian Wrestling Championships here on Wednesday. While Ashu won a bronze in 67kg category, Aditya and Hardeep also bagged the medals of same colour in the 72kg and 97kg respectively on the second day of the competitions. Ashu beat Syria's Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan 8-1, while Kundu defeated Nao Kusaka of Japan 8-0 inside one and a half minutes in a lop-sided 72kg bronze medal bout at KD Jadhav Hall in Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

Later, Hardeep beat Kyrgyzstan's Beksultan Makhamadzhanovich Makhmudov 3-1 to register India's third podium finish of the day. India has so far five medals in the championships, after Sunil Kumar's historic gold in 87kg and Arjun Halakurki's bronze in 55kg Greco-Roman category on Tuesday.

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