India eyeing five golds from New Delhi Asian Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Federation of India is optimistic that the home team will bag up to five gold medals at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2020, to be held in New Delhi from February 18 to 23.
Bajrang Punia was the only Indian to bag gold in the last edition of the Asian Wrestling Championships, hosted by China. The Wrestling Federation of India is this time hopeful that India will win as many as five gold medals in the tournament in New Delhi.
“We have high expectations from Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia to win gold medals in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships,” WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said at a Press conference in Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on Wednesday.
Bajrang and Ravi Dahiya have been impressive with their performances at the UWW World Championships 2019, where both have won bronze medals.
The duo has returned with and gold in the Rome Ranking series this year. Deepak Punia though was eliminated in the first round at Rome even after securing a silver in the World Championships last year.
Vinesh Phogat has already secured a berth in the Tokyo Olympic Games with her World Championships bronze medal. All eyes in New Delhi will be on Anshu Malik, who had secured silver in the Rome Ranking Series 2020.

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