Bajrang, Pinki wins gold at Yasar Dogu; Sakshi disappoints



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New Delhi, July 29 (PTI) Bajrang Punia won his second consecutive international gold medal while Sandeep Tomar had to settle for a silver medal at Yasar Dogu International, while the Indian wrestlers returned with 10 medals, including seven from the women's In the women's competition, Pinki was the only gold medalist in the 55kg category with her 6-3 win over the # 39; Ukrainian Olga Shnaider in the final, but Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik suffered a disappointing result In 1965, the CWG champion, Bajrang, who won a gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix in Gerogia at the beginning of this month, did not manage to win the gold medal in 1969.

He had to get rid of his opponent gold medalist Andriy Kvyatkovskyy, of Ukraine, because of an injury.

In the 61 kg final, Sandeep, who was the last Indian to win a place in Indian Me Vicky won a bronze medal at 57 kg yesterday

All other Indian wrestlers – Amit (65 kg), Jitendra (74 kg), Pawan (86 kg). Deepak (92kg) and Jashkawar Singh (97 and 125kg) failed to qualify for the medals.

Two gold medals were won in the 53kg and 57kg women's categories, but the Seema and CWG silver medal Pooja Dhanda lost her last bouts

Seema was 2 to 10 by the Ukrainian Khrystyna Bereza while Pooja was outclbaded by 0-11 by another Ukrainian Irnya Khariv.

In 62kg, Sarita clinched a bronze medal with a 10-0 win over Turkey's Cansu Aksoy. In the same category, Sakshi also participated but she only won her qualifying round before suffering a defeat against Elmira Gambarova in the quarterfinals.

This was Sakshi's first competition since winning the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this year. In the 72kg three-player category, Rajni finished second after losing the final 3-4 to local girl Beste Aitug.

Sangeeta Phogat (59kg) and Geeta (65kg) won bronze medals in their respective categories. Pooja and Pinki are part of the Asian Women's Games team of India with Sakshi and Kiran, who also failed to reach the medal round in the 76 kg category. PTI AT AT SSC
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