Indian wins first gold at 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship

ANI March 29, 2025 178 views

Indian wrestler Manisha made history by winning the country's first gold medal at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships. She defeated North Korea's Ok J. Kim in a thrilling 8-7 final match after dominating earlier rounds. Olympic veteran Antim Panghal marked her return with a bronze medal in the 53kg category. With five medals already secured, India looks forward to more success in upcoming freestyle events.

"Manisha edged past North Korea's Ok J. Kim 8-7 to secure India's first gold" - Wrestling Federation of India
Amman, March 28: The day 3 of the 2025 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship proved to be a historic day for Indian wrestling, as the Indian Women's Wrestling Team secured a gold and bronze medal each, bringing India's total medal count to five, including a gold, a silver and three bronze medals.

Key Points

1

Manisha dominated all rounds including defeating 2023 Asian Champion

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Antim Panghal returned strong with bronze after Olympics

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India's medal tally now stands at five total medals

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Freestyle wrestling events begin next with more medal hopes

The biggest highlight of the day was Manisha (62kg), who clinched India's first Gold Medal of the championship with an outstanding performance. She dominated her way to the final, defeating some of the toughest opponents,

Qualification Round: Defeated Kazakhstan's Tynys Dubek (11-0)

Quarterfinal: Defeated Korea's Hanbit Lee by fall

Semifinal: Defeated 2023 Asian Champion Kalmira Bilimbekova (Kyrgyzstan) 5-1

Final (Gold Medal Bout): In a closely fought contest, Manisha edged past North Korea's Ok J. Kim 8-7 to secure India's first gold medal of the tournament, as per a press release from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Meanwhile, Antim Panghal (53kg), returning to international competition after the 2024 Paris Olympics, secured a Bronze Medal. She began strongly with a win over China's Jin Zhang (2024 World Championship Silver Medalist) 10-6 in the quarterfinals. However, she faced a tough challenge in the semifinals, losing to Japan's Moe Kiyooka (World Champion) 10-0. Antim bounced back in the Bronze Medal bout, securing a dominant 10-0 victory over DPR Korea's Meng Hsuan Hsieh.

India's Medal Tally So Far:

Gold Medal: Manisha (62 kg)Silver Medal: Reetika (76 kg.)Bronze Medals: Antim (53kg), Muskan (59kg), Mansi Lather (68kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg.), Nitesh (97kg)

With the Freestyle Wrestling competition set to begin tomorrow, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) expects more medals and strong performances from the Indian contingent.

Comments:

Rahul K.

What an incredible performance by Manisha! That final match had me on the edge of my seat 🏅 So proud of our women wrestlers showing their strength on the Asian stage.

Priya M.

Antim's comeback after Paris Olympics is inspiring. To beat a world silver medalist in her first match back shows her champion mentality.

Vikram S.

While the wins are great, I wish the WFI would focus more on developing younger talent. We're still relying too much on established names.

Anjali P.

That semifinal win against the 2023 Asian Champion was pure dominance! Manisha's technique keeps getting better with each tournament 👏

Sanjay T.

Five medals already and freestyle still to come? This might be our best Asian Championship performance ever! #ProudIndian

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Asian Wrestling Championship 2025 Manisha wrestler Antim Panghal Indian wrestling WFI Asian Games
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