Asian champion Bajrang Punia and Vinod Kumar settled for silver medals at the U-23 World Wrestling Championship in Poland after losing their respective finals as India finished with three medals at the event.
New Delhi: Asian champion Bajrang Punia and Vinod Kumar settled for silver medals at the U-23 World Wrestling Championship in Poland after losing their respective finals as India finished with three medals at the event. [caption id=“attachment_4229499” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![Bajrang Punia in action during the U-23 World Championship final in Poland. Image Courtesy: Twitter/@wrestling]()
Bajrang Punia in action during the U-23 World Championship final in Poland. Image Courtesy: Twitter/@wrestling[/caption] Bajrang lost the 65kg lop-sided final 6-17 to Russian grappler Kuular while Vinod lost 1-3 to American Richard Lewis. Ritu Phogat had also win a silver medal in the women’s 48kg final. The 23-year-old, who had won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship last year, lost against Turkish Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout to settle for a silver.
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