Three bronze for India in Senior Asian Wrestling

New Delhi: Indian grapplers gave their fans something to cheer about on the fourth day of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan with Joyti Joyti, KK Yadav and Manoj Kumar bagging bronze medals in their respective bouts today.

Joyti wrestled past Gulmira Ismatova of Uzbekistan in the bronze medal bout of the women`s 75kg freestyle. Earlier, the Indian had lost to Guzel Manyurova of Kazakhstan in the semifinals. In the men`s draw, Yadav grappled past Mirkhojaev Nekruz in the bronze-medal bout of the 75 kg Greco-Roman style. Manoj beat Esenov Kyyas in 85 kg Greco-Roman to bag bronze. Indians have so far won six medals in the championships after the third day went medal-less for the team. On Day 2, India had pocketed one silver and a bronze through Bajrang and Satywart Kadian in men`s 61kg freestyle and men`s 97kg freestyle respectively. Pooja Dhanda had bagged a bronze in women`s 58kg freestyle on the opening day.