{"id":236899,"date":"2022-09-18T17:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/18\/bajrang-punia-becomes-1st-indian-to-win-4-medals-at-world-wrestling-championships-claims-bronze-in-belgrade-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-18T17:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:46:31","slug":"bajrang-punia-becomes-1st-indian-to-win-4-medals-at-world-wrestling-championships-claims-bronze-in-belgrade-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/18\/bajrang-punia-becomes-1st-indian-to-win-4-medals-at-world-wrestling-championships-claims-bronze-in-belgrade-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Bajrang Punia becomes 1st Indian to win 4 medals at World Wrestling Championships, claims bronze in Belgrade | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>BELGRADE (Serbia): Ace grappler <!-- -->Bajrang Punia<!-- --> became the only Indian to claim four medals at the World <!-- -->Wrestling<!-- --> Championships by clinching a bronze in the current edition on Sunday. <br \/>Bajrang, who won a bronze in last year&#8217;s Tokyo Olympics, eked out a close 11-9 win on points over Sebastian C Rivera of Puerto Rico in one of the the bronze medal bouts. <br \/>Bajrang, who lost to John Michael Diakomihalis of USA in the quarterfinals, qualified for the bronze medal contest through repechage round where he defeated Vazgen Tevanyan of Armenia 7-6 by points. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"10\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>4&#xfe0f;&#x20e3;th Worlds medal for @BajrangPunia &#x1f93c;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;Our Tokyo Olympics BRONZE medalist has bagged a BRONZE&#x1f949; again. This time\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/oox1QNUyAU<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAI Media (@Media_SAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_SAI\/status\/1571557917954043904\">1663523580000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is Bajrang&#8217;s third bronze at the worlds. The celebrated Indian wrestler had earlier won a bronze in 2013, silver in 2018 and bronze in 2019. <br \/>India had fielded a 30-member team for the ongoing World Championships but produced a below-par performance, securing just two medals. <br \/>Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya had crashed out early and failed to secure a podium finish. <br \/>Besides Bajrang, <!-- -->Vinesh Phogat<!-- --> won her second World Championship bronze medal in the women&#8217;s 53kg category. <br \/>Vinesh had defeated Emma Malmgren of Sweden 8-0 to claim the bronze here. <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/wrestling\/bajrang-punia-becomes-1st-indian-to-win-4-medals-at-world-wrestling-championships-claims-bronze-in-belgrade\/articleshow\/94287513.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BELGRADE (Serbia): Ace grappler Bajrang Punia became the only Indian to claim four medals at the World Wrestling Championships by clinching a bronze in the current edition on Sunday. 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