INDIA'S FIRST GRECO-ROMAN ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD IN 27 YEARS
Sunil Kumar opening the gold tally for the host with a 5-0 win in the 87kg final against Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan.
It was hot just an improvement on sunil's own silver winning performance in 2019 but also India's first Greco-Roman gold in the competition after 27 years.
The last time it happened in 1993 when Pappu Yadav won the 48kg title.
Sunil said " It feels great to better your own performance and change the medal color from silver to gold i have worked a lot on my ground wrestling techniques in the last one year and improved my defence that helped me".
Sunil Kumar opening the gold tally for the host with a 5-0 win in the 87kg final against Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan.
It was hot just an improvement on sunil's own silver winning performance in 2019 but also India's first Greco-Roman gold in the competition after 27 years.
The last time it happened in 1993 when Pappu Yadav won the 48kg title.
Sunil said " It feels great to better your own performance and change the medal color from silver to gold i have worked a lot on my ground wrestling techniques in the last one year and improved my defence that helped me".
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