India's Bajrang Punia claimed the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65kg event at the Commonwealth Games.
The 24-year-old wrestler from Haryana overpowered Wales' Kane Charig with relative ease to register an emphatic 10-0 win to claim India's 16th gold medal on the eighth day of the Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Sports Arena.
Bajrang was awarded the victory by technical superiority as he didn't give an inch to his opponent. In fact, such was his dominance that Bajrang won all his bouts today on technical superiority as none of his rivals could pose a threat to him.
He had defeated New Zealand's Brahm Richards in the first bout, before outwitting Nigeria's Amas Daniel in the 1/4 final. He then dumped Canada's Vincent De Marinis in the semifinals.
A 2013 World Championship bronze medallist, Bajrang also won gold medals in the Commonwealth Championship in 2016 and 2017 at Singapore and Brakpan, South Africa respectively. He also won the silver in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Indian wrestlers started off well on Thursday Babita Phogat opening the country's medal account in the wrestling competition of the Commonwealth Games. Babita, who claimed a silver in the 2010 edition of the Commonwealth Games before a gold in Glasgow, was outmanoeuvred by Canada's Diana Weicker in the final.
Rahul Aware won gold in the men's 57kg category after defeating Canada's Steven Takahashi in an exciting contest. It was first Commonwealth Games gold in his career.
Sushil Kumar picked up his third successive gold at the Games after defeating South African Johannes Botha in the final.
With inputs from PTI