Olympic-bound wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Anshu Malik have made India proud. The champions have won their maiden Asian Championship titles on Friday. The 26-year-old Vinesh grappler from Haryana came close to winning the title thrice but could only manage to finish second.

By the way, Phogat has always lost summit in clash with Japanese or Chinese wrestlers. But there was no chance to loose this time in the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals. In the meanwhile, teenage sensation Anshu Malik won her maiden Asian Championships gold medal. The 19-year old Anshu stand out with her progressive performance in the senior circuit in 57kg. She won final 3-0 with her confidence and was never really troubled by Mongolia's Battsetseg Altantsetseg, except for a double-leg attack. The teenage camp keeping her lead intact for gold. Earlier in the day, Vinesh won a bronze in the Delhi edition of the Continental championship last year.  

In this Asian wrestling championship, India ended with seven medals from the women's event. India took home four gold, one silver and two bronze. While Divya Kakran (72kg) won gold and Sakshi Malik (65kg) won silver, in a confidence-boosting performance after a long wretched run. Whereas, Sarita Mor (59kg) had won gold while Seema Bisla (50kg) and Pooja (76kg) had won bronze medals.

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