Star Wrestler Bajrang Punia was given a rousing welcome on his arrival on the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday. Powerlifter Gaurav Sharma felicitated the Commonwealth and Asian Games gold medallist and Olympic bronze winner.
“Bajrang has made India proud yet again and he will continue to do so. Despite getting injured, he won a bronze medal for the nation. I am sure he will win gold in the Olympics (Paris 2024) as well. We have come to welcome our national hero, of whom every single Indian is proud,” Gaurav stated.
Bajrang claimed the bronze medal within the males’s 65kg on the ultimate day of the World Wrestling Championships 2022, on September 18. The Haryana grappler — who was wrestling with a bandage on his head as a result of harm he sustained throughout his pre-quarter-final — produced a spirited fightback towards Puerto Rico’s Sebastian Rivera, after being 6-0 down early within the bout.
The 28-year-old finally lower the lead and was trailing 8-9 heading into the final minute of the second interval. The Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist then pulled off a two-point takedown within the closing 20 seconds to show the tables and win the bout 10-9.
It was Bajrang’s fourth medal on the world championships (silver in 2018, bronze medals in 2013 and 2019).
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