Astana (Kazakhstan), April 11 Greco-Roman grappler Vikas won a bronze medal to take India's tally to four on the second day of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023, here.
Vikas defeated China's Jian Tan by 8-0 technical superiority in the men's 72kg Greco-Roman category, within a remarkable time of 1 min 41 secs on Monday.
The Indian started his campaign strongly with an 11-0 technical superiority win over Korea's Ji-yeon Lee in the qualification round. However, he suffered a 6-1 loss to Iran's Sajjad Imentalab in the quarter-finals.
Vikas made the bronze medal bout after Sajjad Imentalab advanced to the final, an olympics.com report said.
Three other Indian wrestlers Sumit (60kg), Rohit Dahiya (82kg) and Narinder Cheema (97kg) were in contention for the medals. However, all three of them lost in the bronze medal match.
Sumit, who defeated Turkmenistan's Umit Durdyýew by 9-0 technical superiority in the qualification, lost 0-10 in the quarter-finals to Kyrgyzstan's world champion Zholaman Sharshenbekov, who went on to win the gold. In the bronze medal match, Sumit lost 6-14 to Japan's Maito Kawana.
Meanwhile, Rohit Dahiya lost 5-1 to Iran's Alireza Mohmadi in the bronze medal match. Rohit had defeated Singapore Aryan Azman 12-4 in the first round, but lost 1-7 to eventual gold medallist Akylbek Talantbekov of Kyrgyzstan in the next.
In the 97kg category, Narinder Cheema reached the semi-finals where he lost 0-9 to Kyrgyzstan's Uzur Dzhuzupbekov. In the bronze medal match, Narinder suffered a 4-1 defeat to Kazakhstan's Olzhas Syrlybay.
India finished the Greco-Roman campaign with four medals. On Sunday, Rupin bagged a silver in the 55kg category while Neeraj (63kg) and Sunil Kumar (87kg) claimed bronze medals.
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