Pincky Balhara Wins Bronze in Women's 78kg Kurash at 2026 Asian Games
Indian Kurash athlete Pincky Balhara secured a bronze medal in the women's 78kg event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya. She defeated South Korea's Lim Garam 3-0 in the quarterfinals, assuring India of a medal, before losing 0-5 to South Korea's Sumin Mo in the semifinals. This marks Balhara's second Asian Games medal, having won silver in 2018. Kurash, a traditional Uzbek wrestling sport, made its Asian Games debut in 2018, and India has now won three medals in the discipline.
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thetribune broke this story on 28 Sept, 03:35 am. Other outlets followed.