Kumar Mohit, Chandermohan strike gold in Vietnam

DA NANG (VIETNAM), May 26: Indian freestyle wrestlers maintained their solid form at the U-23 Asian Championships here Tuesday, adding four more medals to the country’s tally on day four of the competition. Kumar Mohit and Chandermohan led the charge by winning gold medals in their respective weight classes, while Deepak took silver medal in the 61kg division and another Indian grappler, also named Deepak, claimed a bronze in the 74kg category. These finishes take India’s freestyle medal count to six, building on the success from the previous day where Akshay T Dhere (57kg) and Vicky (97kg) both secured gold medals. Kumar Punit added another silver to India’s tally in the 92kg division after going down 1-12 against Kyrgyz- stan’s Ulukbek Soorombekov in the championship bout. Mor Sachin secured a bronze medal in the 86kg category with a solid 4-1 victory over Boburbek Ruzimboev. Lacky settled for silver in the 125kg category after suffering a 0-10 defeat against Kazakhstan’s Rizabek Aitmukhan. (PTI)