Indian wrestlers Aakash Dahiya and Anirudh Kumar remain in contention for bronze medals at the Asian Championships after three of their teammates failed at different stages of their respective categories in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday Withdrew from the competition. In the non-Olympic 61kg competition, Akash narrowly defeated Uzbekistan’s Sado Ruzimov 10-8, and then easily defeated South Korea’s Son Sang-hyun 7-3 in the quarterfinals. However, Kazakhstan’s Assyl Aitakyn was too strong for the Indian player in the semifinals and failed to score a single point, ultimately losing the match due to technical superiority.

He will now face Mongolia’s Enkhbold Enkhbat.

Yash Tushir (74kg) lost to Kazakhstan’s Syrbaz Talgat due to technical superiority in the rematch and withdrew from the competition.

Also withdrawing early was Sandeep Singh Maan (86kg), who lost 0-5 to Japanese player Ryuya Shirai in the qualifying round.

Vinay (92kg) was also eliminated in the 92kg qualifying round, losing to veteran Kazakh wrestler Adilet Davlumbayev.

In the 125kg category, Anirudh Kumar defeated Pakistan’s Zaman Anwar 3-0, but lost to Iran’s Amir Hussain Abbas Zaha in the quarter-finals. Lei, lost due to technical superiority.

The door has been open for Anirudh since the Iranian reached the final and will now face Bahrain’s Shamil Magomed Sharipov for bronze.

The Indian team won three medals on Thursday, namely Udit (57kg, silver), Abhimanyu (70kg, bronze) and Vicky (97kg, bronze).

The men’s freestyle competition ends today and the women’s competition begins on Saturday.

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