India concludes Ulaanbaatar Open with 8 gold and 9 bronze medals!

On the last day of the Ulaanbaatar Open Senior Ranking Series, the Indian Freestyle Wrestling team won 7 medals, which include 3 gold. With this, India ended the competition with a total of 17 medals (8 gold and 9 bronze) in 3 categories and managed to make it to the top-3 in the overall team ranking.

On Sunday, Deepak, Dinesh and Sagar Jaglan won a gold medal each, making the tournament very successful for the Indian team. India finished second behind Russia in the men’s freestyle team rankings and won the historic overall team championship in the Greco-Roman division with 119 points. The women’s wrestling team also performed brilliantly and won 7 medals and strengthened the overall ranking of the country.

Talking about individual performance on the last day, Deepak won the 61 kg freestyle gold medal by defeating Asil Aitakin of Kazakhstan 6-0. Dinesh won the 125 kg gold by defeating Kazakhstan’s Yedige Kasymbek 2-0, while Sagar Jaglan won the 74 kg gold by defeating Russia’s Tamir Eshinimaev 3-2. The success of the freestyle team was further enhanced by four bronze medals of Sumit (57 kg), Kumar Mohit (65 kg), Jaideep (74 kg) and Vicky (97 kg).

Earlier in the tournament, the Greco-Roman team had completed its campaign with two gold medals for Sunil (87 kg) and Nitish (97 kg) and a bronze medal for Sahil (60 kg). India added seven more medals to its total medal tally in women’s wrestling. Among these, Manisha (57 kg), Neha (59 kg) and Kajal (76 kg) won gold medals, while Neelam (50 kg), Hansika Lamba (55 kg), Mansi (62 kg) and Priya (76 kg) won bronze medals.

Indian players who won medals:

Greco-Roman

60 kg (Bronze): Sumit defeated Sahil 5-0.
87 kg (Gold): Sunil defeated Azad Salidinov 4-1.
97 kg (Gold): Nitish defeated Nurasil Amanali 13-9.

men’s freestyle

57 kg (Bronze): Sumit defeated Abzal Okanov (Kazakhstan) 6-3.
61 kg (Gold): Deepak defeated Asil Aitakin (Kazakhstan) 6-0.
65 kg (Bronze): Kumar Mohit defeated Osimjan Dastanbek (Kazakhstan) 17-6.
74 kg (Gold): Sagar Jaglan beat Tamir Eshinimaev (Russia) 3-2.
74 kg (Bronze): Jaideep defeated Tolui Munkhabat (Mongolia) 15-4.
97 kg (Bronze): Vicky defeated Gankhuyag Ganbaatar (Mongolia) 4-0.
125 kg (Gold): Dinesh defeated Yedige Kasymbek (Kazakhstan) 2-0.

women’s wrestling

50 kg (Bronze): Neelam defeated Maral Tangirbergenova (Kazakhstan) 10-0.
55 kg (Bronze): Hansika Lamba defeated Ariunjaya Odonchimeg (Mongolia) 11-0.
57 kg (Gold): Manisha defeated Sim Son (DPR Korea) 3-1.
59 kg (Gold): Neha defeated Pyol Hong (DPR Korea) 5-3.
62 kg (Bronze): Mansi defeated Nikita 10-0.
76 kg (Gold): Kajal defeated Damola H Ojo (Nigeria) 8-0.
76 kg (Bronze): Priya defeated Tuvshinjargal Tarav 8-0.