Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia beat Puerto Rico’s Sebastian Rivera by the pores and skin of his tooth in a 65kg bronze medal match to assert his fourth medal within the World wrestling championships in Belgrade on Sunday.
Bajrang, who picked up a head damage within the pre-quarterfinal bout and misplaced to American John Diakomihalis within the quarterfinals earlier than getting again to medal rivalry on Saturday, rallied from 0-6 all the way down to file an 11-9 victory. It was his third bronze medal aside from a silver.
After conceding six factors inside 35 seconds, Bajrang fought again with a throw and a takedown to degree the scores. Rivera regained the lead by way of one other two-pointer within the first interval and later prolonged it to 9-6.
The never-say-die Bajrang, who wrestled with a bandaged head, closed the hole and overtook Rivera by way of two takedowns. An unsuccessful video problem from the Puerto Rican for a transfer carried out simply after the final second gifted Bajrang one other level.
Earlier, Bajrang erased a 0-4 deficit to register a hard-fought 7-6 victory over Particular person World Cup winner Vazgen Tevanyan of Armenia within the repechage spherical.
India bagged two bronze medals, together with one by Vinesh Phogat, on this version.
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