India started their campaign with a gold medal in Senior Asian Wrestling Championship that commenced at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports complex on Wednesday. Reigning national champion and last year’s Commonwealth Wrestling Championship gold medalist Narsingh Yadav beat Iran’s Saeed Riahi in the final of the 74 kilogram freestyle category. Earlier India’s Rahul Mann lost to Japan’s Maeda Shogo in the 60 kilogram freestyle category while Mausham Khatri was beaten by Korea’s Kim Jae Kang in the 96 kilogram category.
2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar will take on Kyrgyzstan’s Romonov A in 66 kilogram freestyle category and the host nation’s Rahul Aware will fight Mongolian wrestler T Davaahuyg in 55 kilogram freestyle wrestling. India’s Anuj Kumar will face Turkmenistan’s Bayramov Maksat in 84 kilogram freestyle wrestling. In the 120 kilogram category India’s Rajiv Tomar will take on Tajikistan’s Mutalimov Marid
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