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India won gold in Asian games 2018 || Asian games 2018 || Bajrang Punia

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia clinched the gold medal in the 65kg category

2He beat Japanese Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final

3Sushil suffered a shock first-round defeat to Adam Batirov of Bahrain

Wrestler Bajrang Punia, before leaving for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, had promised his guru and Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt of a gold medal and the 24-year-old from Jhajjar village in Haryana fulfilled that promise in style. Punia clinched the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65kg category after defeating Japan's Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final at Jakarta Convention Center.

"I promised my guru Yogeshwar Dutt that I will win a gold medal at Asian Games and I am happy I fulfilled my promise. He won gold in the previous edition (Incheon) and I am really glad to do what he did in 2014. He has played a big role in my career," Punia told NDTV.com in an exclusive interview.


It was Punia's second successive medal at the Asian Games. He had won a silver medal at the 2014 edition in Incheon. He had won three consecutive gold medals - Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia and Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul -- ahead of the Asian Games. He also won bronze medal at Asian Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan earlier this year.


  

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Apart from Punia, there were a lot of expectations from two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar. The wrestling star suffered a shock first-round defeat to Adam Batirov of Bahrain.

"Sushil Kumar is a legend. Whenever he hit the mat, India expects a gold from him. Not just me, we all wrestlers were unhappy to see him crash out early. He has achieved a lot in his career and has nothing to prove anyone," Punia said.

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