Sarita Mor wins gold medal in 59kg category, RSPB emerges overall champions

Sarita Mor wins gold medal in 59kg category, RSPB emerges overall champions in National Wrestling Championship

Vishakhapatnam: World championships bronze medallist Sarita Mor (59kg) and Sangeeta Phogat (62kg) retained their respective titles at the elderly wrestling champions as they travelled via diminished fields, here on Friday. Sarita, an RSPB athlete, got the better of Delhi’s Simran in the 59kg last while Sangeeta, other half of Tokyo Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia, beat Delhi grappler Sumitra in her gold medal match.

Bhagwan Shri of Maharashtra and also Uttar Pradesh’s Pooja Yadav landed the bronze medals in the 59kg weight category. Himachal Pradesh’s Sanika and also Vaishnavi of Maharashtra secured the 62kg bronze medals.

Somewhere else on the wrapping up day of the event, Delhi’s Sushma won the gold in the 53kg classification, defeating Pooja Jat of Madhya Pradesh in the last.

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