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Wrestler Divya takes Asiad bronze

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By IANS Updated: Aug 21, 2018 9:36 pm
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Bronze medal winner wrestler Divya Kakran poses for photographs at the award ceremony of the 68 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta on Tue. Aug. 21. (PTI)

Jakarta, Aug. 21 (IANS): Indian wrestler Divya Kakran took bronze in the women’s 68 kilogram freestyle category at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.

Divya thrashed Chen Wenling of Chinese Taipei by technical superiority in the play-off for the bronze medal. A wrestler is declared winner by technical superiority when he takes a lead of 10 or more points.

The Indian hardly broke a sweat, taking just one minute and 29 seconds in the first period to open up a 10-0 lead which gave her the win.

 

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By IANS Updated: Aug 21, 2018 9:36:07 pm
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