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Sakshi Malik and Vinesh PhogatIANS

India stood fifth among the 12 participating teams in the Asian Wrestling Championship 2017, which concluded on Sunday, May 14.

As predicted, Iran and Japan dominated the points tally by bagging the most number of gold medals in the men's freestyle, men's greco-roman and women's wrestling categories.

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India's only gold medal from the competition in New Delhi was won by Bajrang Punia, while the women brought home a plethora of silver medals, giving much hope to fans. A total of 10 medals were bagged by the hosts.

Here's the final medal tally from the Asian Wrestling Championship 2017

Ranking  Country Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals TOTAL
1 Japan 8 3 5 16
2 Iran 7 2 6 15
3 Kazakhstan 2 5 6 13
4 Uzbekistan 2 1 3 6
5 India 1 5 4 10
6 South Korea 1 4 6 11
7 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 3 5
7 Mongolia 1 1 3 5
9 China 1 0 8 9
10 North Korea 0 2 2 4
11 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1
11 Vietnam 0 0 1 1

India's medal winners:

Men's freestyle

GOLD - Bajrang Punia (65 kg)

SILVER - Sumit (125 kg)

BRONZE - None

Men's greco-roman

GOLD - None

SILVER - None

BRONZE - Harpreet Singh (80 kg), Anil Kumar (85 kg)

Women's wrestling

GOLD - None

SILVER - Sakshi Malik (60 kg), Divya Kakran (69 kg), Vinesh Phogat (55 kg), Sarita (58 kg)

BRONZE - Ritu Phogat (48 kg), Jyoti (75 kg)