Asian Games 2026 Wrestling: Nitesh Siwach wins silver, Mansi Ahlawat misses out on bronze

Nitesh Siwach won a silver medal at the Asian Games after losing 0-4 to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato in the men’s 97kg Greco-Roman final on Thursday.

Nitesh could not find a way through against Nakazato, who scored two points in each period to claim the gold medal.

Nitesh became India’s first Greco-Roman finalist at the Asian Games in 64 years, reaching the final with a dominant 9-0 win over Mongolia’s GankhuyangGanbaatar in the semi-final.

The silver also gave India its first Greco-Roman medal at the Asian Games since 1962.

Mansi Ahlawat lost 2-4 to Mongolia’s Altjin Togtokh in the women’s 62kg bronze-medal bout. Togtokh, a bronze medallist at the 2025 World Championships, held on to her lead to secure the medal.

Mansi had earlier beaten Kazakhstan’s Irina Kuznetsova 6-1 before losing 0-6 to Japan’s NonokaOzaki in the semi-final.

For Sumit and Aman Baroniya, the day ended in the quarter-finals.

Sumit lost to Iran’s Sajjad Abbasporragani 1-1 on VPO1 criteria in the 60kg category, while Aman, after beating Mongolia’s Borgil Tuvshinbaatar 8-6 in the Round of 16, was defeated by Qatar’s Shahin Badaghimofrad by technical superiority in the 77kg quarter-final.

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