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‘Giving my 100 per cent in training, focus is on mat’ Japanese coach Kosei Akashi
Updated On: 10 September, 2026 09:09 AM IST | New Delhi | Neeru Bhatia
Japanese coach Kosei Akashi, who is also head coach at JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sport, where Panghal trains, will be part of the Asian Games set-up.

Antim Panghal after training at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday
There is little doubt that 22-year-old Antim Panghal will be cynosure of all eyes in the women’s freestyle wrestling competition at the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan (September 19 to October 4).
The medium-built grappler, who sports cropped hair and hails from Bhagana village in Haryana’s Hisar district, already boasts an impressive CV at a young age. She’s a two-time junior world champion, an Asian Games 2022 bronze medallist and a two-time senior World Championships bronze medallist.


