New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Deepak Punia wanted badly to break India's 18-year-old gold drought at the Junior Wrestling World Championship at Tallinn, Estonia. It was also the last chance for the 20-year-old wrestler from Haryana to change the colour of the medal he had won at the Worlds last year, before his switch to the senior level.
Fighting through a muscle strain sustained during his semifinal bout, and with the possibility of aggravating the injury and missing the Senior World Championship next month, Punia pushed on. "I could not have attacked too much because of the shoulder. I was looking for the right opportunity. It was the toughest bout," Punia said, speaking from Moscow.
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