New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) Indian grappler Ravi Dahiya clinched the gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship, here on Saturday.
Ravi outclassed Tajik grappler Vohidov Hikmatullo 10-0 to win India's only gold medal of the day in the 57Kg freestyle category.
Meanwhile, Bajrang Punia (65Kg), Gourav Baliyan (79Kg) and Satywart Kadian (97Kg) had to settle for silver.
Japanese Otoguro Takuto outclassed Bajrang Punia 10-2 in the gold medal bout of the 65Kg category, while 2019 Asian Championships Bronze medalist Satywart Kadian bettered himself, notching up a silver medal against two time Under 23 World champion and UWW U23 Wrestler of the year 2019 Iranian Goleij Mojtaba Mohammadshafie.
The 97kg category saw Kadian lose 0-10 to his Iranian opponent.
Gourav Baliyan (79Kg), who fought his first Asian Wrestling Championship showed promise as he narrowly went down to an experienced Kyrgyz Budazhapov Arsalan 5-7 to settle for a silver medal.
Naveen (70Kg) lost out on his Bronze medal, going down 12-1 to Ashirov Meirzhan of Kazakhstan.
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