Asian Wrestling Championships: Deepak Punia wins silver, bronze for Viky

India's Deepak Punia won the 86kg men's freestyle silver medal while Viky clinched bronze in 92kg on final day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Sunday.

FILE PHOTO: Deepak Punia.

India's Deepak Punia won the 86kg men's freestyle silver medal while Viky clinched bronze in 92kg on final day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Sunday.

Deepak lost 1-6 to Kazakhstan's Azamat Dauletbekov in the summit clash. His lone equalising point came through the activity clock.

Deepak had made it to the finals without dropping a single point. He beat Mostafavi Alanjagh of Iran 6-0 in his quarterfinal clash. He then assured himself of at least a silver with a 5-0 win over Korea's Gwanuk Kim in the semis.

This was Deepak's second consecutive silver and fourth continental medal, including two bronze.

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In the 92kg bronze medal playoff, Viky beat his Uzbek opponent Ajiniyaz Saparniyazov 5-3.

In the 61kg category, Mangal Kadyan won his qualification bout before losing the quarterfinal. The Japanese wrestler who defeated Mangal made it to the final opening the repechage route for the Indian.

Mangal made it to the bronze medal playoff by defeating Kuwait's Almohaini 10-0 in the repechage round. However, Mangal lost the medal bout in heartbreaking fashion as his Kyrgyz opponent Ulukbek Zholdobeshkov scoring a two-point move in the final few seconds to win 6-4.

Yash (74kg) and Anirudh Kumar (125kg) exited early.

India finished its campaign at this edition of the continental event with a total of one gold, five silver and eleven bronze medals.