Asian Games 2014 Yogeshwar Wrestles to Gold ; Khushbir Kaur Walks to Silver Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt notched up Indias fourth gold medal, while Khushbir Kaur became the first woman from the country to win a medal in 20km Race Walking by clinching a silver as India shot up to eighth in overall standings on the ninth day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today. Yogeshwar Dutt : Mens 65 kg Freestyle Wrestling Yogeshwar was star performer of the day as he better his 2006 edition bronze in style with a couple of splendid bouts. The Olympic bronze-medallist was trailing all through in his semifinal bout before coming good in the last few seconds to enter the final. In the summit clash, Yogeshwar defeated Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan to expectedly pick the gold. Khushbir Kaur : Race Walking Khushbir Kaur provided the early spark by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games as she clinched a silver in 20km event. The 21-year-old from Amritsar clocked 1:33:07 to finish behind Lu Xiuzhi of China, who won the gold in 1:31:06, at the Marathon Course here. The Indian, who holds the national record of 1:31:40, was consistently third till the 18km mark before going up a position in the final two kilometres, thanks largely to the slowing down of second-placed Chinese Nie Jingjing, who eventually finished fourth. This is the biggest triumph of Khushbirs nascent career after the bronze medal she won at this years Asian Walking Championships bronze in Japan. She was the first Indian woman to achieve such a feat.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:38:20 +0000
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