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Indian wrester Udit stored the nation in gold medal competition within the males’s freestyle occasion by reaching the ultimate of males’s 61kg whereas the skilled Deepak Punia (92kg) and Mukul Dahiya (86kg) entered the semifinals on the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday. Udit blanked China’s Wanhao Zou 2-0 after prevailing 9-6 in opposition to Bekbolot Myrzanzar Uulu from Kyrgyzstan. Punia, who couldn’t qualify for the Paris Olympics, started his comeback with a hard-fought contest in opposition to Bekzat Rakhimov. He confronted stiff resistance from his Kyrgyzstan rival however prevailed 12-7 in a high-scoring quarterfinal. Now Japan’s Takashi Ishiguro stands between him and an assured medal.
The shock bundle of the day was Dahiya, who logged two spectacular wins to achieve the semifinals.
Singapore’s Weng Luen Gary Chow was a simple prey for Dahiya, who gained by technical superiority and with out dropping a degree after which beat world quantity two Mukhammad Abdullaev from Kyrgyzstan 3-1.
Within the semifinal, he’s up in opposition to Iran’s world quantity three Abolfazl Y.
Rahmani Firouzjaei.
Additionally reaching the semifinals was Dinesh in heavyweight 125kg class. The Indian outclassed China’s Buheeerdun to win by technical superiority.
Jaideep Ahlawat (74kg), although, was ousted. He discovered a troublesome Japanese opponent in Hikaru Takata in his opening bout, by which he put up a courageous resistance however misplaced 5-10.
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