Praveen Rana, the young Indian wrestler, clinched the 66kg freestyle title on the final day of the first Hari Ram Indian Grand Prix wrestling championship at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on 27 April 2012.
The grappler overpowered Georgian Lobjanidze in the tough final battle and won his maiden international gold medal at the senior level. He beat Iran's Nasiri and Mongolia's Khultee on his way to the finals. Delhi-based Rana is also a 2011 World junior medalist.
India also managed to win three bronze medals on the concluding day of the event. Manoj in 66kg category, Pawan Kumar in 84 kg category, and Gursharan Kaur in women 72 kg category got India bronze.
Overall India came third in men's category followed by Georgia and Mongolia. In women’s category, Mangolia finished at the top followed by US and Japan. India was spotted at fourth position.
-1756215887593.jpg)
Comments
All Comments (0)
Join the conversation