Indian wrestlers win eight gold and as many silver medal at Commonwealth Wrestling C’ship

India continued their rich run in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Singapore by winning eight gold medals and as many silver medal during the tournament.

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Indian wrestlers win eight gold and as many silver medal at Commonwealth Wrestling C’ship

Commonwealth Wrestling Championships 2016 (source: wikipedia)

India continued their rich run in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Singapore by winning eight gold medals and as many silver medal during the tournament.

India won five gold medals in freestyle through Harful, Bajrang, Jitender, Sandeep, Deepak and Arun.

The three gold medals in greco-roman came from Ravinder, Krishan and Sachin.

Results:

# Freestyle: Harful (gold) and Vikas (silver) in 61kg,

Bajrang (gold) and Rahul Maan (silver) in 65kg

Jitender (gold) and Sandeep Kate (silver) in 74kg

Deepak (gold) and Arun (silver) in 86kg

Hitender (gold) and Krishan (silver) in 125kg.

# Greco Roman Style:  Ravinder (gold) and Krishan (silver) in 59kg

Dipak (gold) and Rafiq (silver) in 71kg

Hardeep (gold) and Sachin (silver) in 98kg.

Wrestling Commonwealth Wrestling Championship 2016