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Harpreet bags silver, Gyanender gets bronze at Asian Wrestling C'ships

Harpreet Singh settled for a silver in 82kg while Gyanender won a bronze in 60kg on the final day of competition

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India wrestler Harpreet Singh

India wrestler Harpreet Singh

India wrapped up their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships on a resounding note with 16 medals after Greco-Roman grapplers added a silver and a bronze on the concluding day here on Sunday. Harpreet Singh settled for a silver in 82kg while Gyanender won a bronze in 60kg on the final day of competition.

India's overall tally of 16 medals included eight -- one gold, three silver and four bronze -- won by men's freestyle wrestlers, four bronze by women and three silver and a bronze by Greco-Roman wrestlers. With this performance, India's Greco-Roman wrestlers have bettered their tally of two bronze from the last edition and is the country's best ever showing in this discipline so far at the Asian Championships. After a strong show enroute to the final, Harpreet Singh had to settle for the second-best position to get his first silver medal after three consecutive bronze from this prestigious tournament.

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