Five gold medals were on offer on the second day of women’s wrestling at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

Yukako Kawai produced one of the performances of the day by beating reigning world champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the final second of the women’s 57 kilograms quarter-final match.

The Japanese wrestler, a World Championship silver medallist in 2018, then overcame India’s Sonam Sonam to reach the final.

Kawai clinched the continental title by winning 5-1 against Kazakhstan Ayaulym Kassymova in the gold medal match.

Tynybekova claimed a bronze medal after securing an 11-0 win over Sonam in their bout, while Nomin Purvee earned the final podium spot with a victory by fall against Vietnam’s Thi Nguyen.

Kawai‘s sister Risako had earlier triumphed in the 57kg final, with the Japanese star comfortably winning 10-0 against Davaachimeg Erkhembayar.

Kazakhstan’s Altynay Satylgan earned a victory by fall over Vietnam’s Thi Dao in the first bronze medal contest, while home favourite Anshu Anshu won 4-1 against Uzbekistan’s Sevara Eshmuratova in the final medal bout.

Japan’s third medal of the day came in the women’s 65kg competition, with Naomi Ruike emerging as winner of the six-wrestler event.

Ruike denied hosts India success by beating Sakshi Malik 2-0 in a closely fought contest.

Mongolia’s Bolortungalag Zorigt was a 7-4 winner against Nabira Esenbaeva of Uzbekistan in the sole bronze medal bout in the weight division.

Japan had appeared on course for further success with Mayu Mukaida leading the 53kg final by eight points in the closing stages against Tatyana Akhmetova Amanzhol of Kazakhstan.

Amanzhol stunned the two-time world champion by rolling her opponent to force a victory by fall to clinch gold in the final seconds.

Uzbekistan’s Aktenge Keunimjaeva won the first bronze medal in the same manner against Thailand’s Chantha Thongart.

India’s Vinesh Vinesh earned a 10-0 win over Vietnam’s Thi Ly Kieu in the second bronze medal bout.

Kazakhstan’s second gold medal of the day came in the women’s 72kg event, with Zhamila Bakbergenova clinching a 2-1 win over Japan’s Mei Shindo in the gold medal contest.

India’s Preet Gursharan was a 5-2 winner over Mongolia’s Tsevegmed Enkhbayar 5-2 in the bronze medal bout.

The men’s freestyle competition are set to be the focus of the final two days of the Championships.