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India s Greco-Roman wrestlers crash out of Olympic qualifiers
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Fri, Apr 9 2021 23:21 IST |
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Race Walking National: Rawat (35km), Gurpreet (50km) win gold (Lead). (Credit: AFI). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 9 : India s star Greco-Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh had an impressive start in the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Almaty on Friday but a poor finish in the semi-finals of the 77kg category spoiled his chances of winning the Tokyo Olympic berth.
The 25-year-old from Punjab began his quest to win the Olympic quota with a huge 12-1 win over Rio Olympic bronze-medallist Hyeonwoo Kim of Korea. But 21-year-old Akzhol Makhmudov from Kyrgyzstan stopped Singh s good run in the semis, scoring an 8-2 win over the Indian.
Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021?
Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021?
Sonam Malik (in blue) competes against Hanbit Lee (KOR) in the 62 Kg category during the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in February 2020 in New Delhi.
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From India s first individual medallist (KD Jadhav, 1952) to the only double individual medallist (Sushil Kumar, 2008 and 2012), wrestling has been one of India s most successful sports at the Olympics.
In 2016, India sent its largest contingent to the Games yet eight, including eventual bronze medallist Sakshi Malik. This year, as things stand, four have already qualified for Tokyo Ravi Dahiya (men s 57kg freestyle), Bajrang Punia (men s 65kg), Deepak Punia (men s 86kg) and Vinesh Phogat (women s 53kg). The contingent could be significantly bigger this time as another 14 wrestlers will get a chance to add to that number at the
, by Anastasia MOKRENKO
11:31, 17 December 2020, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency
, by Anastasia MOKRENKO
Meerim Zhumanazarova won a gold medal at the World Cup in women’s wrestling in the weight category up to 68 kilograms. Website of the competition reports.
In the final, she defeated Adelya Ganzlichkova (Czech Republic) with a score 8: 2.
Kyrgyzstani Aiperi Medet kyzy won a bronze medal at the World Cup in women’s wrestling in the weight category up to 76 kilograms.
She defeated Ekaterina Bukina from Russia with a score 11: 8 during the battle for the 3
rd place.
Earlier, Aisuluu Tynybekova and Zholaman Sharshenbekov won gold medals.
Due to the postponement of the Olympics, UWW decided to host a full-fledged world championship. But after some countries refused to participate, the organizers decided to call the competition the Individual World Cup.
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