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Asian Wrestling C'ships 2025: Deepak Punia, Udit win silver medals, Bronze for Dinesh -Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the final day of the 2025 Asain Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday.
Deepak Punia (Photo credit: File image)
The final batch of five men's freestyle wrestlers were in action for India at the 2025 Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday.
The Indian contingent had already won seven medals from the competition before the final day and added three more on the day to take the medal tally to double digits: 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze.
Five Wrestlers - Udit (61 Kg), Jaideep (74 Kg), Mukul (86 kg), Deepak (92 Kg), and Dinesh (125 Kg) were in action on Sunday.
After a disappointing first day of the men's freestyle competition, the Indian team bounced back, thanks to the solid performances from former medalists Udit and Deeepak Punia.
As it happened:
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- 30 March 2025 4:26 PM GMT
1' Shirai wins the first point by pushing Mukul out of bound
Mukul Dahiya 0-1 Tatsuya Shirai (JPN)
- 30 March 2025 3:50 PM GMT
Up Next: 86FS - Mukul Dahiya Vs Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) at 9:50
Mukul Dahiya, playing in his maiden Asian Championships, will be hoping to win his first senior international medal.
He will take on Tatsuya Shirai of Japan, who is a former U23 World Champion and also a reigning Asian bronze medalist.
- 30 March 2025 3:37 PM GMT
Udit wins a take down in the later stage, but it was too late, and he settles for the silver medal
Silver Medal for Udit in men's 61 Kg Freestyle category
Final Score: Udit (IND) 4-6 Takara Suda (JPN)
- 30 March 2025 3:33 PM GMT
5' Suda wins another take down on a counter-attack
Udit (IND) 1-5 Takara Suda (JPN)
- 30 March 2025 3:27 PM GMT
1' Suda starts with a bang, finds Udit's leg, and take him out of bound
Udit (IND) 0-1 Takara Suda (JPN)
- 30 March 2025 3:00 PM GMT
Up Next: - 61Kg - Udit Vs Takara Suda (JPN) at 9:00 - Final
Udit is set for his second consecutive Asian medal and will be hoping to better his medal color from the last edition, where he settled for the silver medal.
He will take on Takara Suda of Japan in the final, who is in great form this season and has already won a title at the Albania Ranking Series in February 2025.
- 30 March 2025 12:00 PM GMT
Four Medal Matches for Indian wrestlers on the final day of the competition
Two of these four Indian wrestlers, Udit and Deepak Punia, will fight for the gold medal in the medal session, starting at 8:30 PM IST.
Incidentally, both Udit and Deepak had Asian Medals to their name in previous editions.
Here is the schedule for the medal session:
- 61FS - Udit Vs Takara Suda (JPN) at 9:00 - Mat B - GMM
- 86FS - Mukul Dahiya Vs Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) at 9:50 - Mat B - BMM
- 92FS - Deepak Punia Vs Amir Hossein Firouzpour (IRI) at 10:30- Mat B - GMM
- 125FS - Dinesh Vs Zyýamuhammet Saparow (TKM) at 10:50 - Mat B - BMM
- 30 March 2025 11:28 AM GMT
In 125 Kg, Dinesh faces a close defeat and will fight for bronze now
Dinesh 1-5 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)
- 30 March 2025 11:18 AM GMT
Deepak into the final with a comfortable win
Deepak Punia 8-1 Takashi Ishiguro (JPN)
