The Olympic medalist brought home the fourth gold medal for India with this win.
India had last won the gold medal in the wrestling event of the Asian Games ion 1986 when Kartar Singh had clinched it.
Indian athletes wrote another history on Sunday as Khushbir Kaur became the first Indian woman to grab a 20km Race Walk silver medal here.
In the process of winning the silver, she also set a new national record by clocking 1:33:07.
China's Lu Xiuzhi won the gold while the silver went to Jeon Yeongeun of South Korea.
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