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.
. @PuniaBajrang is the new Asian Champion in 65kg. #wrestling pic.twitter.com/jrEXzO7EU9
— Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) May 13, 2017
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)
