Bajrang Punia won the gold medal bout to defend his title at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event, which made him World No. 1, as per a PTI report.?
Facing Tulga Tumur Ochir, Bajrang was trailing 0-2 till the final moments of the 65kg final but managed to draw level, 30 seconds from the whistle.
Since the last scoring point came from him he was declared the winner on criteria.
Bajrang seemed to have improved upon his leg defence in the one-year break, forced by the coronavirus pandemic.?
Bajrang was placed second in the rankings before the event and is now on top of the ranking table in the 65kg category with 14 points.?
The fresh rankings are based on the results of this tournament only. So whoever gets on top of the podium will be ranked number one in the world.?
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