India’s Wrestling Squad
Men’s Freestyle Team: Sandeep Tomar (57 kg), Bajrang Punia (65 kg), Sushil Kumar (74 kg), Pawan Kumar (86 kg), Mausam Khatri (97 kg) and Sumit Malik (125 kg).
Greco-Roman: Gyanender (59 kg), Manish (67 kg), Gurpreet Singh (77 kg), Harpreet Singh (87 kg), Hardeep Singh (97 kg) and Naveen (130 kg).
Women’s Freestyle Team: Sakshi Malik (62 kg), Vinesh Phogat (50 kg), Pinki (53kg), Pooja Dhanda (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) and Kiran (72kg).
A total of 14 Indian wrestlers will be vying for a medal at the 2018 Asian Games, starting 18 August in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
The Indian wrestling contingent returned from the Gold Coast with a perfect result – with all 12 grapplers winning a medal each.
At this year’s Asiad, star wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat will spearhead the Indian women's squad. Sakshi, a bronze medallist from the 2016 Olympic Games, will represent India in the 62kg category while Vinesh will compete in the 50kg division.
The other members of the Indian squad are Pinki (53kg), Pooja Dhanda (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) and Kiran (72kg).
The men’s Indian freestyle wrestling contingent at the 2018 Asian Games will be led by Sushil Kumar (74 kg) and Bajrang Punia (65 kg). Both these wrestlers didn’t take part in the trials and were selected on the basis of their past performances.
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