Wrestlers open with two bronze

Indian wrestlers started their Asian Games campaign impressively with Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana clinching bronze medals in their respective weight categories in the Greco-Roman style here today.

Indian wrestlers started their Asian Games campaign impressively with Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana clinching bronze medals in their respective weight categories in the Greco-Roman style here on Sunday.

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In the 60kg category, Ravinder had won his first round bout against Nurbakyt Tengizbayev of Kazakhstan earlier in the day before losing to Jung Jihyun of South Korea 0-3 in the semifinals. On the other hand, Rana beat Turkmenistan's Yazgeldy Kadyrov 3-0 in the 66kg quarterfinals before going down to Saeid Abdvali of Iran in the semifinals.

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