Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik And Deepak Punia Triumph At Commonwealth Games

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Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia won three gold medals. It is a spectacular day for India in the Birmingham games with India winning three gold medals in wrestling. 

 

According to the information, Bajrang Punia successfully defended his title and won his second consecutive gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. While Deepak Punia backed his maiden medal in the Commonwealth games and that too a gold. Sakshi Malik also returned to her best and claimed gold to add more to India's tally. 

 

As per the information, Anshu Malik won silver after losing the final round while Divya Kakran and Mohit Grewal won bronze medals in their respective categories. So six medals in wrestling, three golds, one silver and two bronze.


Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Bajrang Punia — spurred on by cries of “Bharat Mata ki jai” from a boisterous crowd — crushed Canada’s Lachlan McNeil 9-2 and defended his Commonwealth Games wrestling gold in the men’s freestyle 65kg category at the Coventry Arena on Friday.


Later, Divya Kakran beat Tiger Lily Cocker Lemalier by fall in just 26 seconds to win the bronze in the women’s 68kg. Mohit Grewal beat Aaron Johnson of Jamaica by fall in the men’s 125kg to finish with a bronze and take India’s tally to six.

 

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