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Sujit Wins Asian Games Wrestling Gold with Stunning 9-2 Comeback!
- •Sujit Kalkal, 23, secured India's first wrestling gold at the Asian Games in the men's 65 kg freestyle category.
- •He defeated Abdul Majid Kudiev of Tajikistan 10-9 in a thrilling final match.
- •Sujit made a dramatic comeback from a 2-9 deficit, scoring 8 consecutive points to win.
- •In the semifinals, he overcame Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan after a 3-3 tie by 'criteria'.
- •This gold medal highlights Sujit's mental fortitude and growing dominance in the 65 kg wrestling category.
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Sujit Kalkal won the gold medal in the men's 65 kg freestyle wrestling by defeating Tajikistan's Abdul Majid Kudiev 10-9 in the final. He achieved this through a dramatic comeback in the final moments after trailing 2-9, snatching eight consecutive points to secure India's first wrestling gold in the current edition of the games.
En route to the final, Sujit defeated Afghanistan's Syed Omar Jazai 13-3 by technical superiority in his first match and swept past Iran's Abbas Ibrahimzadeh in the quarterfinals without conceding a point. He then overcame Japan's Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka by the criteria rule following a 3-3 tie in the semifinals.
Prior to his Asian Games success, Sujit was recognized as the world under-23 champion and had clinched gold at the Senior Asian Championship in Bishkek.
