Asiad 2018: Pincky bags silver, Malaprabha settles for bronze in kurash
Jakarta, Aug 28: India's Pincky Balhara clinched silver, while Malaprabha Jadav settled for bronze in the women's 52 kilogram category of the kurash competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Pincky was outclassed 0-10 by world and Asian champion Gulnor Sulaymanova of Uzbekistan in the final.
Gulnor dominated the final, pulling off a halal, which ended the bout.
Gulnor had earlier thrashed Malaprabha 10-0 in the semi-finals.
Significantly, kurash, a traditional central Asian form of wrestling has been included in the Asian Games.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, India's Jatin progressed to the Round of 16 of the kurash competition with a 1-0 victory over South Korea's Hee Jun Choi in the men's 66 kg category.
He however, crashed after losing 0-3 to Taiwan's Haocheng Chan in the pre-quarters.
Meanwhile, Jacky Gahlot, suffered a 0-10 loss at the hands of Mongolia's Batsuuri Adiya in the same event.
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Poultry truck overturns on NH 66 in Kota: Driver injured, hundreds of chicken dead
Kota: A poultry transport truck overturned on National Highway 66 near the Rajalakshmi Sabha Bhavan in Manuru here on Sunday morning, with hundreds of chicken in the vehicle being killed due to the road accident.
The truck belonged to Girimuttu company of Saligrama in Kundapur taluk and was transporting the poultry from Byndoor to Santhekatte. The driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle at Manuru and hit the road divider before turning turtle twice.
The driver is learned to have sustained minor injuries in the road accident.
Kota Jeevan Mitra Nagaraj Putran along with the locals rushed to the help of the driver and sent him to a private hospital in Brahmavar in a toll ambulance.
The Kota Police officers also visited the accident site for an inspection.
