Divya Kakran bags bronze in 68 kg freestyle wrestling

Kakran thumped Wenling within 90 seconds by Technical Superiority to clinch the medal with the final scoreline reading 10-0.

Divya Kakran grapples with Taipei's Chen Wenling in the bronze medal match of the 68 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Divya Kakran added the first bronze to India’s wrestling tally at the 18th Asian Games, beating Chinese Taipei’s Chen Wenling in the third-place play-off bout for the 68kg category at Jakarta on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Asian championships silver-medallist prevailed on account of Technical Superiority with the final scoreline reading 10-0.

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Earlier, Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Vinesh Phogat (50kg) had claimed gold medals in their respective events.

Divya was a gold-winner at the Commonwealth Championships last year.