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Heroic welcome for Bajrang Punia at IGI airport

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Heroic Welcome For Bajrang Punia At IGI Airport

By IANS News October 12, 2023 • 13:54 PM View: 639

Indira Gandhi International Airport: Despite failing to win a medal at the recently concluded Asian Games, Olympic bronze medalist wrestler Bajrang Punia received a heroic welcome at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, here.

Powerlifter Mahant Gaurav Sharam and several other people reached the airport to receive the Indian grappler.

Bajrang, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered defeat to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou.

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