The excitement of the 2026 Asian Games in Japan is at its peak and the excellent performance of Indian players continues. India's star wrestlers on the 15th day of the tournament Deepak Punia Has confirmed another medal for the country by showing brilliant tricks on the wrestling mat. Deepak Punia won the bronze medal by defeating the strong wrestler of Mongolia 2-1 in a very exciting match of men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling.
With this victory, India's total medal count in the ongoing Asian Games has increased. 83 This is India's fifth medal in the wrestling event. Earlier, young wrestler Aman Sehrawat had won the gold medal for the country in wrestling.
In heavy categories like the 97 kg weight class, wrestlers generally do not do much movement on the mat, due to which the matches in this category are often very tough and low-scoring. Deepak Punia showed his maturity in this match and kept his hold strong from the beginning.
In the first 3 minutes of the match, Deepak used excellent technique to gain a significant lead of 2-1, which proved to be decisive for him till the end. Although Deepak did not score any new points in the last 3 minutes of the match, he also did not give any chance to the Mongolian opponent and won the match by controlling the score.
The special thing is that in the last Asian Games i.e. 2022 Asian Games, Deepak Punia had won a brilliant silver medal for the country while participating in the 86 kg weight category event. However, this time he changed his weight category and challenged in the tough category of 97 kg and won the bronze medal on the basis of his hard work.
The performance of the Indian team on the 15th day of the Asian Games has been excellent and within this one day, India has won many big medals. While 17 year old archer Kumkum Mohod won gold in women's archery, Pranavi Sharath created history by winning the gold medal in women's golf. Apart from this, Indian men's cricket team won gold by defeating Pakistan and Aman Sehrawat also won gold medal in wrestling. This bronze medal of Deepak Punia has further strengthened India's medal tally.