Rahul defeated Uzbekistan's Nasibullo Qurbanov 3-1 and then prevailed over Firas Alalli Alrifaikmaled of Syria 5-0 in the repechage rounds yesterday, to open India's tally with a bronze.
The gold in this category was won by Kyong Il Yang of North Korea while the silver went to Japan's Yasuhiro Inaba.India has sent a strong 21-member team, including seven women grapplers, for the event which started yesterday and will conclude on May 22