Sunil Kumar Wins Bronze at Asian Wrestling Championships 2025
Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar secured a bronze medal in the 87kg Greco-Roman category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 held in Amman, Jordan. After losing in the semifinals against Iran’s Yasin Yazdi, Sunil bounced back in the bronze medal match, defeating China’s Jiaxin Huang. A former silver medallist (2019), Sunil is striving to regain his peak form. He began his campaign with a commanding 10-1 victory over Tajikistan’s Sukhrob Abdulkhaev in the quarterfinals, scoring all his points in the second period. However, Iran’s Yazdi defeated him 3-1 in the semifinal, preventing him from reaching the final.
| Summary/Static | Details |
| Why in the news? | Sunil Kumar Wins Bronze at Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 |
| Sunil Kumar (87kg) | Won Bronze (Defeated China’s Jiaxin Huang) |
| Quarterfinals | Won 10-1 vs. Tajikistan’s Sukhrob Abdulkhaev |
| Semifinal | Lost 1-3 to Iran’s Yasin Yazdi |
| Sagar Thakran | (77kg) Won qualification bout, lost 0-10 in quarterfinals to Jordan’s Amro Sadeh |
| Umesh | (63kg) Eliminated in qualification round |
| Nitin | (55kg) Knocked out in early rounds |
| Prem | (130kg) Knocked out in early rounds |
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