Pooja Gehlot and Antim Panghal of India will vie for a bronze medal after falling in the quarterfinals of the women’s 50kg and 53kg freestyle wrestling events at the Asian Games on Thursday.
Tsogt-Ochiryn Namuuntsetseg of Mongolia defeated Pooja 5-1 in the quarterfinals, while Antim was defeated by Japanese grappler Fujinami Akari.
Mansi Ahlawat of India lost 2-6 in the 57 kg quarterfinals to three-time World Champion Tsugumi Sakurai.
Mansi won her Repechage bout against Jeongae Bark of South Korea to qualify for the Bronze medal game where she will be up against Laylokhon Sobirova of Uzbekistan.
Narinder Cheema faced 1-3 defeat against South Korea’s Seyeol Lee in the men’s Greco Roman 97kg quarter-final. Naveen went down fighting China’s Meng Lingzhi 3-0 in the men’s Greco Roman 130kg quarter-final.
Earlier, U-20 World Champion Panghal advanced to the quarterfinals in the women’s freestyle 53kg wrestling on Thursday.
