Asiad 2018: Pincky bags silver, Malaprabha settles for bronze in kurash
Tuesday - August 28, 2018 6:58 pm ,
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Asiad 2018: Pincky bags silver, Malaprabha settles for bronze in kurash
Jakarta Aug 28 (IANS) India s Pincky Balhara clinched silver while Malaprabha Jadav settled for bronze in the women s 52 kilogram category of the kurash competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Pincky was outclassed 0-10 by world and Asian champion Gulnor Sulaymanova of Uzbekistan in the final.
Gulnor dominated the final pulling off a halal which ended the bout.
Gulnor had earlier thrashed Malaprabha 10-0 in the semi-finals.
Significantly kurash a traditional central Asian form of wrestling has been included in the Asian Games.
Earlier on Tuesday morning India s Jatin progressed to the Round of 16 of the kurash competition with a 1-0 victory over South Korea s Hee Jun Choi in the men s 66 kg category.
He however crashed after losing 0-3 to Taiwan s Haocheng Chan in the pre-quarters.
Meanwhile Jacky Gahlot suffered a 0-10 loss at the hands of Mongolia s Batsuuri Adiya in the same event.
--IANS kk/ajb/sed
Pincky was outclassed 0-10 by world and Asian champion Gulnor Sulaymanova of Uzbekistan in the final.
Gulnor dominated the final pulling off a halal which ended the bout.
Gulnor had earlier thrashed Malaprabha 10-0 in the semi-finals.
Significantly kurash a traditional central Asian form of wrestling has been included in the Asian Games.
Earlier on Tuesday morning India s Jatin progressed to the Round of 16 of the kurash competition with a 1-0 victory over South Korea s Hee Jun Choi in the men s 66 kg category.
He however crashed after losing 0-3 to Taiwan s Haocheng Chan in the pre-quarters.
Meanwhile Jacky Gahlot suffered a 0-10 loss at the hands of Mongolia s Batsuuri Adiya in the same event.
--IANS kk/ajb/sed
