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  Bajrang Punia, Ravi Kumar claim gold medals in Rome Ranking Series

  Other Sports | January 19, 2020 11:09 IST

  Bajrang Punia won gold in the men's 65kg freestyle category while Ravi Kumar bagged gold in the 61kg category.

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  Bajrang Punia enters final; Jitender, Deepak Punia crash out of Rome wrestling

  Other Sports | January 18, 2020 18:40 IST

  Bajrang had to sweat it out in the first round against Zain Allen Retherford of USA before prevailing 5-4.

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  Deepak the brightest in Indian wrestling; Bajrang, Vinesh rock steady in 2019

  Other Sports | December 27, 2019 15:24 IST

  Five medals and four Olympic quota places made this year's World Championships an unprecedented one for India's wrestlers.

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  WFI offers Bajrang Punia's coach contract till Tokyo 2020

  Other Sports | October 23, 2019 20:20 IST

  The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has offered Shako Bentinidis a contract till Tokyo Olympics 2020, and also appointed Murad Gaidarov to help out Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya.

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  Deepak Punia becomes world No.1 after World Championship silver

  Other Sports | September 27, 2019 12:29 IST

  Competing in his maiden senior World Championship, Deepak settled for a silver after an ankle injury forced him to pull out of the final.

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  Sakshi left in tears, Punia questioned: WFI grills wrestlers, coaches

  Other Sports | September 25, 2019 23:45 IST

  Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has hit hard on the Indian wrestlers after their performances in the recently-concluded Wrestling Championships.

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  Bajrang Punia wants wrestling to be made national sport

  Other Sports | September 24, 2019 16:40 IST

  The Sports Minister hoped that wrestling will produce maximum number of medals at next year's Tokyo Olympics.

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  Will use medal as inspiration to face upcoming challenges: Bajrang

  Other Sports | September 21, 2019 14:34 IST

  Bajrang Punia fought back from a 0-6 deficit to defeat Mongolian Tulga Tumur Ochir 8-7 in the 65-kg bronze medal bout in Nur-Sultan

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  World Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal

  Other Sports | September 20, 2019 19:20 IST

  India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal in the 65kg category as he defeated Talga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia.

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  Yogeshwar slams umpiring post-Bajrang's controversial loss

  Other Sports | September 20, 2019 10:43 IST

  Punia was a victim of multiple fouls as Niyazbekov was warned but to no avail as he trailed 2-9 following a four-point move by Niyazbekov which was reviewed by the Indian grappler.

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  World Wrestling Championships: Bajrang, Ravi seal Olympic berths

  Other Sports | September 19, 2019 16:35 IST

  Ace Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar secured two Olympic berths during the ongoing World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan.

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  World Wrestling Ch'ships: Bajrang loses semifinal amidst controversy

  Other Sports | September 19, 2019 18:06 IST

  Bajrang Punia lost the semifinal in a controversial manner at the World Wrestling Championships, but secured a berth in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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  Bajrang Punia gets top billing at World Championships

  Other Sports | September 05, 2019 20:09 IST

  World number one Bajrang, who is in Russia for training ahead of the championships, had bagged a silver in the last edition and a bronze in 2013 in 60kg.

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  Deepa Malik becomes first para-athlete to receive Khel Ratna; Jadeja, Bajrang miss awards ceremony

  Other Sports | August 29, 2019 20:36 IST

  Bajrang will receive the award from Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju after he returns from the World championships.

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  Wrestler Bajrang Punia nominated for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

  Other Sports | August 16, 2019 16:11 IST

  Bajrang Punia's name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee on the opening day of a two-day meeting.

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  Bajrang Punia wins gold at Tbilisi, Vinesh Phogat in final at Medved

  Other Sports | August 10, 2019 21:19 IST

  It is fourth gold of the season for the Asian Games champion Bajrang after standing atop the podium at Dan Kolov, Asian Championship and Ali Aliev tournament.

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  World Wrestling Championship: Easy day for Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya excels in trials

  Other Sports | July 26, 2019 21:42 IST

  Presence of proven performer Bajrang in the 65kg trials meant that most of the wrestlers in this category preferred to stay away.

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  Not allowed to participate in 65kg trials, wrestler alleges

  Other Sports | July 26, 2019 20:32 IST

  Bajrang Punia's presence in the 65kg category of the trials for the Indian World Championship team meant that Shrawan had to withdraw from the particular category.

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  Bajrang Punia wins gold at Ali Aliyev wrestling

  Other Sports | May 02, 2019 22:57 IST

  Bajrang got the better of the local favourite 13-8 in his final bout after being down 0-5 at one stage.

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  Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat nominated for Khel Ratna by wrestling federation

  Other Sports | April 29, 2019 14:52 IST

  Bajrang and Vinesh's names were sent by WFI owing to their remarkable performances in the last couple of years.