Sunil Kumar Bags Men’s 87kg Bronze, Becomes First Indian Greco-Roman Wrestler with Two Asian Games Medals

Nagoya: Sunil Kumar became the first Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to win two Asian Games medals after clinching a bronze in the men’s 87kg with a technical superiority win over Philippines’ Roberts Callum Johnston on the opening day of the wrestling competition here on Wednesday.

Locking his rival’s right arm, Sunil effected two takedowns to quickly open up a 4-0 lead. A defensive Johnston was put on the ground in ‘Par Terre’ position, from where Sunil made more scoring moves to finish the bout in the first period itself.

Sunil had won a bronze in the Hangzhou 2023 Games, ending a 13-year wait for India for a medal in the Greco-Roman style.

Before that, Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana had won bronze in the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

The 27-year-old Haryana wrestler was left to fight for a bronze medal after losing his semifinal by technical superiority to Japan’s Taizo Yoshida.

He had begun with a confident technical superiority win over Tajikistan’s Muhammad Sultonzoda.

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