Nitesh won the bronze medal in Greco Roman at the Asian Wrestling Championships. (Figure: x) Indian wrestlers maintained their impressive performance on the second day of Senior Asian Wrestling Championship 2025 in Amman in Jordan. Nitesh secured the second bronze medal in India in the Greco-Roman category and joined Sunil Kumar, who won bronze in the men’s division 87 kg.
Nitesh beat Agamammedov of Turkmenistan a commanding score of 9-0 in the bronze medal match. He won the match by victory Supression (VSU).
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The 22-year-old man launched a tournament trip by defeating Kazakhstan Ilyas Guchigov 9-0. Later he lost to the Iranian wrestler Mohammadhadi Abdollah Saravi in the semifinals before he claimed the bronze medal against Agamammedov.
“With this victory, the Indian Greek-Roman team has now won two bronze medals at the championship, which meant a strong performance on the international scene,” said Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Sanjay Singh, on Wednesday in the report by Amman.
On Tuesday, Sunil Kumar earned a bronze medal in the men’s category 87 kg by defeating the Chinese wrestler Jiaxin Huang 5-1 through victory by points. In other Nitin matches, he lost 55 kg of men with Yu Choi ROI 9-0 North Korea in the qualifying round, while Sagar Thakran was defeated by Jordanian Amro Abedha Jamal Sadeh in the quarterfinals of 77 kg of men.
Wrestling competition women start on Thursday with five weight categories. India representatives include the medalist of the World Championship Anti Pangal, along with Non -Muskan, Monika, Mansi Lathar, Jyoti Berwal and Reetica.
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