Meet Bajrang Punia, The Indian Wrestling Legend Who Hit A Hattrik Of Medals At CWG

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Meet Bajrang Punia, The Indian Wrestling Legend Who Hit A Hattrik Of Medals At CWG

Wahhh.. Another GOLD. This time our Olympic Wrestling Hero Bajrang Punia won gold in the men's 65kg freestyle wrestling. Mana Bajrang thechina gold tho India kathalo ee CWG 2022 lo overall ga 9 Gold medals unnai, last year exact idhe time lo Tokyo Olympics lo Bronze win ayi and ippudu Commonwealth Games lo Gold win ayi mana Bajrang Bhai history create chesaru guruvu garu.

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Hattrick Medals at CWG for Bajrang

Mana Indian wrestlers back to back 6 medals win ayi dhummu dholupisthe, mana Bajrang Punia back to back three Commonwealth Games lo medals win avthu ichi padesaru, 2014 lo thana maiden CWG lo silver win ayaru, and then 2018 Australia Gold Cost CWG lo Gold win ayi and malli ippudu 2022 CWG finals lo Canada ki chendina Lachlan McNeil ni mana (9-2) theda tho odinchi grand ga malli Gold win ayi HATTRICK kottesaru.

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Knee injury

2019 lo ayina knee injury ni recover avthune Tokyo Olympics ki prepare ayaru, akkada kuda ah pain ki suffer avthune technical ga improve ayi fight chesi India ki Olympic medal andhinchadu..

Bajrang gave a controlled performance to notch up his first medal on Olympic debut and elevate his status in Indian wrestling.

Started wrestling at the age of 7.

Bajrang Punia, Haryana lo ni Jhajjar district Khudan ane village nunchi vachadu, born on February 26, 1994. He started wrestling at the age of 7 and was encouraged by his father, who was also a wrestler.

Punia ki valla father mud lo wrestling training iche vaaru, starting lo school ki bunk kotti mari practice chese vaaru, parents support undadam tho Wrestling medha full ga concentrate chesi professional ayaru, tharvatha 2015 lo sports kosam family andharu Sonepat ki shift ayi akkada regional centre of the Sports Authority of India lo join ayadu. He is currently employed by the Indian Railways.

After Punia's Olympic victory, father Balwan Punia said to a report that. "He fulfilled my dream. This is gold medal for me. He told me that he will not come back empty handed,"

https://twitter.com/BajrangPunia/status/1419212267338534914

Previous Achievements:

His first major tournament was the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi. (Won Bronze)

In the World Wrestling Championship 2013, Punia won a bronze medal in the 60-kg category.

In 2014, Punia upgraded the colour of his medal to silver at the Commonwealth Games in the men’s 61-kg category.

He repeated the performance in the 2014 Asian Games. Again, in 2014, Punia settled for a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championship.

He tasted his first gold medal, finally, after two years at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship held in Delhi

He won another gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 in the men’s freestyle 65-kg category. He scored his 3rd gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games.

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He became world number 1 in the 65-kg category after clinching a silver medal at the 2018 World Wrestling Championship. A bronze medal at the 2019 World Championship earned him a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar garu announced after Olympic Medal.. "As per our policy, Haryana government will give ₹2.5 crore, a government job, and a plot of land at 50 per cent concession to wrestler Bajrang Punia for winning bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020. An indoor stadium will be constructed in his native village Khudan in Jhajjar," Khattar said.

We are proud of you champ..