Source: Hueiyen News Service
New Delhi, July 13 2009:
Indian grapplers signed off the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship in style, bagging a gold and a silver on the final day in Manila on Sunday, to finish with an impressive haul of 14 medals.
Rahul Aware won the gold in 55kg freestyle category, while the silver was bagged by Rahul Mann in 60kg division.
Overall, India won five gold, four silver and five bronze medals in the three-day meet, a Wrestling Federation of India release stated.
Apart from Aware, other medal winners in men's freestyle category are Surender (50kg, gold); Joginder Kumar (120kg, gold), Rahul Mann (60kg, silver).
Suresh Yadav (60kg, gold); Manjit (50kg bronze); Manoj (55 Kg, bronze); Rupender (96kg, bronze); Rakesh Hooda (120kg, bronze) are medal winners in the Greco Roman style division.
In the women's freestyle, Navjot Kaur (67kg, gold); Gargi Yadav (55kg, silver); Anmol (72kg, silver); Sakshi Malik (59kg, silver); Anju Chaudhary (51kg, bronze) were the medal winners.