Asian Wrestling Championship: Divya Kakran beats all wrestlers, wins gold medal
Asian Wrestling Championship: Divya Kakran beats all wrestlers, wins gold medal
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Divya Kakran has become the second Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships. He has won all his fights by beating rivals, including defeating Junior World Champion Naruha Matsuyuki of Japan.

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Divya, performing brilliantly, won all her four matches in the 68 kg of the five wrestlers who played in the round robin format. Navjot Kaur became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal in this championship, having won the 65 kg title in 2018 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Thursday was a memorable day for the hosts, with Sarita More (59 kg), Pinky (55 kg) and Nirmala Devi (50 kg) making it to the final of their respective squads to at least clinch the silver medal. In the absence of Chinese wrestlers and Japan not sending their best wrestlers, the challenge was weakened slightly.

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Asian Games bronze medalist Divya defeated Albina Carjelinova of Kazakhstan first in 68kg and then defeated Dalgerma Enkhsaikhan of Mongolia to advance. Her defense against the Mongolian wrestler showed some weakness, but she was successful in defeating her opponent. In the third round, Divya faced Uzbekistan's Ejoda Esbjernova and beat her opponent in just 27 seconds after taking a 4-0 lead. Divya took a 4–0 lead against the Junior World Champion of Japan. The Japanese wrestler made a strong start to the second round and attacked the left leg of the Indian wrestler, but he collected points from the attack on the right leg, taking the score to 4-4. Divya, however, stunned the opponent again.

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