New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Indian women grapplers has a golden run on Day 3 of the Asian Wrestling Championship with Pinki, Sarita and Divya Kakran winning old medals in the 55 kg, 59 kg, and 68 kg categories, respectively.
Nirmala Devi settled for a silver in 50kg, while Kiran (76kg) was the only one to miss out on a medal.
Divya Kakran (68Kg) lifted the first gold medal of the day for India by the virtue of winning all her four bouts against Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Japan.
Her final bout against Naruha Matsuyuki of Japan was the closest one, where she pinned her opponent when the score was 6-4 in her favour. The 68 kg category was played in round-robin format, as only five wrestlers were in the fray.
Meanwhile, the 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist and 11-time Senior National Champion, Nirmala Devi was defeated by two-time world U-23 champion Miho Igarashi of Japan in a closely fought battle by 3-2.
Nirmala tried making a comeback in the final moments of the bout but missed out narrowly to settle down with a silver medal.
In the 55Kg category, India's Pinki defeated Mongolian wrestler Dulguun Bolormaa by 2-1 to bag the second Gold medal of the day.
In the final Gold medal bout for India of the day, Sarita (59Kg) held strong in a closely fought contest with her Mongolian opponent, defeating the latter by 3-2, to emerge victoriously and walk away with India's third Gold medal of the day.
India now have three gold medals and one silver in the women's category of the Asian Wrestling Championship 2020.
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