Men’s freestyle 57 kg Wrestling Match 18th Asian Games 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Mongolia wrestler wins men’s freestyle 

57 kg wrestling

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Mongolia wrestler Bekhbayar Erdenebat has won gold in the 2018 Asian Games freestyle wrestling 57 kg class.

In the final match in the Assembly Hall of the Jakarta Convention Center, he got the better of Kum Song-kang from the DPR Korea after a six-minute fight that ended 3-1 on qualification points.

In a match witnessed by dozens of supporters, Bekhbayar Erdenebat appeared more aggressive, and three minutes before the break was leading 6-0 on technical points.

After a 30-second break, Bekhbayar Erdenebat added to his points and the match ended 8-2 on technical points.

Therefore, Bekhbayar Erdenebat won gold, while Kum Son-kang had to settle for silver.

In the struggle for two bronze medals, Japan wrestler Yuki Takahashi and Reza Atrinagharchi from IR Iran won after defeating their opponents.

Yuki Takahashi beat Minghu Liu from China, while Reza Atrinagharchi beat Korea (KOR) wrestler Kim Sung-gwon.

The following are the 57 kg freestyle wrestling medalists:

Gold: Bekhbayar Erdenebat from Mongolia

Perak: Kum Song-kang from the DPR Korea

Bronze: Yuki Takahashi from Japan

Bronze: Reza Atrinagharchi from IR Iran

AG Media and PR in cooperation with The Jakarta Post.