Bronze for Bajrang Punia

Call it a sweet news. Bajeang Punia wins bronze medal in wrestling. He played an attacking game to defeat Kazhaghistan wrestler.

He began wrestling at the age of seven and was encouraged to pursue the sport by his father.Punia grew up in rural India, a poor part of the country. His family did not have money for traditional sports. Instead, he had to partake in free sports like wrestling and Kabaddi.

Punia’s father was a wrestler as well and at a young age, his family started him at a local mud wrestling school. Punia started to skip school to go to wrestling practice. In 2015, his family moved to Sonepat so that he can attend a regional centre of Sports Authority of India.

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