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World Wrestling Championships: Sushil Kumar loses opening round bout

World Wrestling Championships: Sushil Kumar loses opening round bout
Written by Rajdeep Saha
Sep 20, 2019, 04:37 pm 2 min read
World Wrestling Championships: Sushil Kumar loses opening round bout

Veteran wrestler Sushil Kumar lost in the opening round of the ongoing World Wrestling Championships on Friday. The Indian double Olympic medallist lost his opening round bout to Azerbaijan's Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. He lost his bout 9-11 in the 74 kg category. Besides Sushil, three other Indian wrestlers lost their respective matches as well. Here are the details.

Sushil loses
Sushil surrenders lead to lose the bout

Sushil's hopes to earn an Olympic quota and enter the bronze medal match ended on a sour note. This was also after Gadhziyev lost in the quarter-finals later to Jordan Burroughs, ending Sushil's hopes. Sushil started in a positive fashion to take a crucial 9-4 lead but lost seven points in a row to lose the qualification bout. His opponent was too strong.

Poor day
A disappointing day for India at World Wrestling Championships

Meanwhile, Parveen Rana lost to Ukraine's Liubomyr Sagaliuk 8-0 in the 92 kg bout. This was after he had earlier beaten Changjae Sue 12-1 by technical superiority. Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Sumit Malik lost 0-2 to two-time European Championships medallist Daniel Ligeti of Hungary. Also, Karan lost 0-7 to Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in his first-round qualification in the 70 kg category.

Punia and Dahiya
Punia, Dahiya lose their respective semis matches

Earlier, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya on Thursday reached the bronze medal bouts in their respective categories. They had earned Olympic quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. However, the two wrestlers lost in the semi-finals. Bajrang lost to Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 9-9 on criteria. Meanwhile, Ravi lost against Zaur Uguev 4-6. Besides the two, Pooja Dhanda lost her bronze medal match.

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Bajrang and Ravi have their bronze medal bouts today

Bajrang and Dahiya will face Tulga Tumur Ochir and Reza Ahmadali respectively in their bronze medal bouts on Friday evening. One will hope to see both these wrestlers win their respective medals and bring some smile to the Indian camp.

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Rajdeep Saha is a sports journalist at NewsBytes. He has an experience of over 10 years covering sports across print, online, broadcast, and freelance mediums. He has previously worked with Millennium Post, Zee News English, and NewsX. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Delhi and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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