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#Asian #Wrestling #Championships #Sujeet #Abhimanyou #secure #titles #Aman #Mukul #confirm #medals">Asian Wrestling Championships 2026: Sujeet, Abhimanyou secure titles; Aman, Mukul confirm medals World Under-23 champion Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) and Abhimanyou Mandwal (70kg) posted contrasting wins to secure maiden titles, while Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat (61kg) and Mukul Dahiya (86kg) reached their respective finals to confirm two more medals at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday.
Indian freestyle wrestlers bagged four medals on the penultimate day.
Sujeet gave a clinical performance to record a convincing 8-1 victory over 2025 World Wrestling Championships bronze medallist Umidjon Jalolov. Against the highly defensive Uzbek, Sujeet, who led 2-0 at the break, executed three take-downs in the second period to assert his supremacy.
Abhimanyou, an Asian bronze medallist in 2024, erased a two-point deficit to shock double Worlds medallist Mongol Tomor-Ochiryn Tulga 5-3 in the 70kg final.
Sandeep Singh Mann lost 1-2 to Japan’s Keyvan Gharehdaghi in the 79kg summit clash to take silver.
Ankush (57kg) beat Japan’s Fuga Sasaki 8-2 to win bronze.
Meanwhile, Aman Sehrawat, who jumped from 57kg to 61kg, defeated Korea’s Kim Changsu 11-0 and Iran’s Ahmad Masoud 11-9 on his way to the final.
Mukul got past Uzbekistan’s Bobur Islomov 2-0, Bahrain’s Khidir Saipudinov 9-0 and Kazakhstan’s Bolat Sakayev 12-6 to reach the summit clash.
Published on Apr 11, 2026
World Under-23 champion Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) and Abhimanyou Mandwal (70kg) posted contrasting wins to secure…
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#Asian #Wrestling #Championships #Indias #freestyle #wrestlers #enter #finals #women #clinch #medals">Asian Wrestling Championships 2026: India’s freestyle wrestlers enter three finals, women clinch three medals
Indian freestyle wrestlers Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Abhimayou (70kg) and Sandeep Singh Mann (79kg) ensured three podium finishes by booking their spots in the finals, while three women bagged medals at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday.
Sujeet got past Kyrgyzstan’s Rustamzhan Kakharov 10-0 and Tajikistan’s Worlds bronze medallist Abdulmazhid Kudiev 7-2. He will face Uzbek Alibeg Alibegov in the gold medal match.
Abhimanyou beat China’s Siming Wang 11-1 and Kyrgyzstan’s Worlds bronze medallist and Asian champion Ernazar Akmataliev 6-3 to set up a summit clash with Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir.
Sandeep posted wins over Jordan’s Erzo Shamil Isakov 6-5 and Tajikistan’s Somonjon Ikromov 10-0. He will meet Japan’s Keyvan Gharehdaghi.
Ankush (57kg) and Vicky (97kg) remained in bronze medal contention.
Among women, Meenakshi was beaten 10-0 by Chinese Jin Zhang in the 53kg final to take the silver medal.
Monika (65kg) defeated Korea’s Hanbit Lee 9-0, while Harshita (72kg) beat Uzbekistan’s Sevinchoy Polvonova 5-0 to claim bronze.
Published on Apr 10, 2026
Indian freestyle wrestlers Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Abhimayou (70kg) and Sandeep Singh Mann (79kg) ensured three podium finishes by booking their spots in the finals, while three women bagged medals at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday.
Sujeet got past Kyrgyzstan’s Rustamzhan Kakharov 10-0 and Tajikistan’s Worlds bronze medallist Abdulmazhid Kudiev 7-2. He will face Uzbek Alibeg Alibegov in the gold medal match.
Abhimanyou beat China’s Siming Wang 11-1 and Kyrgyzstan’s Worlds bronze medallist and Asian champion Ernazar Akmataliev 6-3 to set up a summit clash with Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir.
Sandeep posted wins over Jordan’s Erzo Shamil Isakov 6-5 and Tajikistan’s Somonjon Ikromov 10-0. He will meet Japan’s Keyvan Gharehdaghi.
Ankush (57kg) and Vicky (97kg) remained in bronze medal contention.
Among women, Meenakshi was beaten 10-0 by Chinese Jin Zhang in the 53kg final to take the silver medal.
Monika (65kg) defeated Korea’s Hanbit Lee 9-0, while Harshita (72kg) beat Uzbekistan’s Sevinchoy Polvonova 5-0 to claim bronze.
Published on Apr 10, 2026
Indian freestyle wrestlers Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Abhimayou (70kg) and Sandeep Singh Mann (79kg) ensured three…