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Aware outclassed Tyler Lee Graff, the 2017 Pan- America champion, 11-4 in the 61kg bronze play-off to take India's tally to five medals.
The young wrestler pulled out of the 86 kg title clsh against Iranian great Hazsan Yazdani due to an ankle injury sustained during the semifinal bout.
Bajrang Punia lost his semifinal bout to home nation's Daulet Niyazbekov under controversial circumstances after he secured his place in the Tokyo Olympics along with Ravi Dahiya.
During a felicitation function of World Championships medal-winners by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan mooted the idea of making wrestling the national sport, which received the backing of double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar.
Only Yogesh (72kg) resisted his American rival Raymond Anthony Bunker III before suffering a narrow 5-6 defeat.
The 2010 Commonwealth gold medallist took to social media to let the world know of her good news.
Punia is all set to be rewarded for his consistent showing in the field of wrestling and bringing laurels to the country.
Amid politicians making news for their sexist comments related to the women of Jammu & Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that accorded special status to the state, ace wrestler Bajrang Punia tweeted a message of peace.
The move comes after India denied visas to Pakistani shooters for the ISSF World Cup.
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