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.
Published : Aug 21, 2018 18:33 IST
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.
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.