Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 2 -- Following his gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling in 65 kg, Indian wrestler Sujeet Kalkal expressed happiness at his feat, saying that he went to the mat with a mindset of bringing a gold back to the country and did not lose hope till the end.

Kalkal secured a historic gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games 2026, defeating Tajikistan's Abdulmazhid Kudiev in the men's freestyle 65kg final at Aichi-Nagoya on Friday. Down and out at 2-9 with a minute and 40 seconds to go, Sujeet produced takedowns after takedowns, changing tides in his favour and sealing the gold medal with eleven seconds left. This is India's first Asiad gold in wrestling since gold medals by Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat at the Jakarta-Pal...