Asian Games 2018: Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor and other Bollywood celebs congratulate Bajrang Punia on his gold medal win 2018 : Bollywood News

Many Indian sportspersons are currently competing at the ongoing Asian Games 2018. And India has clocked its first gold medal win in wrestling. Wrestler Bajrang Punia won the first gold medal for India at the 18th Asian Games after he defeated Japanese wrestler Daichi Takat 11-8 in Men's 65 kg freestyle.

Asian Games 2018: Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor and other Bollywood celebs congratulate Bajrang Punia on his gold medal win

As Indians collectively came together to celebrate the win of Bajrang Punia, the delighted wrestler could not be more happy about his win. Speaking to the media, Punia said, "It's a big achievement for me. Once you win at Asian Games, you qualify for Olympics. I am training for the Olympics now. When people start having expectations of you, then you automatically perform well."

Bollywood celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Preity Zinta, Anil Kapoor, Suniel Shetty among others, who have been following Asian Games 2018, congratulated Bajrang Punia on his gold medal win.

Here are some of the tweets:

Congratulations #BajrangPunia .. #AsianGames #wresting #Gold
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) August 20, 2018

#BajrangPunia wrestles his way to India's 1st GOLD in the #AsianGames2018! What a fantastic win! #AsianGames #IndiaAtAsianGames @asiangames2018 pic.twitter.com/CJf58RX9DS
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 19, 2018

And the Gold rush begins.... Congratulations Wrestler @BajrangPunia for mining out India's First Gold @asiangames2018 !! #AsianGames2018⁠ ⁠@Media_SAI @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/zBdM7YJMqa
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) August 20, 2018

जय हो और जय हिंद। ???????????????????????? https://t.co/akefGTiudq
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) August 19, 2018

Congratulations #BajrangPunia for clinching India's first gold medal in the 18th #AsianGames . pic.twitter.com/pl80hidWe9
— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2018