Sujeet Kalkal won the men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on October 2. He defeated Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiev 10-9 after trailing 2-9, according to the IANS report published by Telangana Today. The win gave India its first wrestling gold at this edition.
The final turned on eight unanswered points by Kalkal. Rediff’s live account recorded the decisive two-point takedown with 11 seconds left. That late change separated the eventual champion from a rival who had controlled the earlier scoring. Both reports give the same final score.
Earlier in the day, Kalkal had overcome Japan’s Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka in the semifinal. Their bout ended 3-3, with the Indian progressing on criteria because of the larger scoring move. His route also included victories over Afghanistan’s Sayed Omar Zazai and Iran’s Abbas Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi.
The title is a new completed result, distinct from the morning reports of qualification for the final. Akashvani separately confirmed the gold on October 2. This report relies on the completed final score and does not use a live national medal-table total, which can change as other events finish.