Wrestler Bajrang clinches Asiad gold medal

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Wrestler Bajrang clinches Asiad gold medal
(180819) -- JAKARTA, Aug. 19, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Bajrang Bajrang (C) of India celebrates after winning gold medal of Men's Wrestling Freestyle 65 kg Final against Takatani Daichi of Japan in the 18th Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 19, 2018. Bajrang won 11-8. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia clinched the gold medal in the 65kg category defeating Japanese Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final of the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.

It was Bajrang’s second successive gold medal in the Asian Games after his triumph in Incheon 2014 in the 61kg category.

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