Ulaanbaatar, June 4 -- Asian Games-bound Indian wrestlers Sunil Kumar and Nitesh Kumar clinched gold medals in their respective weight categories to spearhead India's campaign at the Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series wrestling tournament in Mongolia on Thursday.

Former Asian champion Sunil Kumar emerged victorious in the men's Greco-Roman 87kg category, edging past Kyrgyzstan's Azat Salidinov 4-3 in a closely-fought final. The gold marked Sunil's first Ranking Series medal since winning the title at the Zouhaier Sghaier tournament in Tunisia in 2022, according to Olympics.com.

Sunil began his campaign with a walkover against Mongolia's Turbold Ganbold in the quarter-finals before overcoming Venezuela's two-time Pan American champion Luis ...