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After claiming gold in Nationals, Sunil shifts focus to Olympic qualification
10 months, 2 weeks ago

After claiming gold in Nationals, Sunil shifts focus to Olympic qualification

The Hindu  

Asian Games bronze medallist Greco Roman wrestler Sunil Kumar has been consistently winning medals at the continental level and is eager to make his mark in the Paris Olympics. Sunil, who has won a gold and silver apiece and two bronze medals in the Asian championships in the last few years and earned a podium finish in the Hangzhou Asian …

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Wrestling | Sunil Kumar wins India's first Greco Roman medal at Asian Games since 2010
1 year, 2 months ago

Wrestling | Sunil Kumar wins India's first Greco Roman medal at Asian Games since 2010

The Hindu  

Practising defence from ground position in the last three weeks with top wrestlers worked wonders for Sunil Kumar, who won India's first Greco Roman medal at the Asian Games in 13 years, bagging a bronze in the 87kg category even as three of his compatriots exited the tournament here on Wednesday. India had won two medals in Greco Roman in …

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Wrestling at Asian Games 2023: Preview, Schedule, Squads, Medal Events
1 year, 2 months ago

Wrestling at Asian Games 2023: Preview, Schedule, Squads, Medal Events

The Hindu  

The ongoing turmoil in Indian wrestling, including wrestler protests and absence of a properly elected national federation for six months, has created an unfavourable environment leading up to the Asian Games. The committee’s decision to exempt prominent wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who were at the forefront of a protest against outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, from …

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Aman and Antim among medal contenders at World wrestling championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Aman and Antim among medal contenders at World wrestling championships

The Hindu  

Following the provisional suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India, owing to delayed elections preceded by wrestlers’ protest, Indian athletes will compete under the United World Wrestling flag for the first time in the World championships, a Paris Olympics qualifying event, starting in Belgrade on Saturday. In the current Indian squad, Asian champion Aman Sehrawat, who took the place of …

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Wrestling World Championship trials: Asian Games trials winners request time till August 20 fearing injury
1 year, 4 months ago

Wrestling World Championship trials: Asian Games trials winners request time till August 20 fearing injury

The Hindu  

The wrestlers, who recently won the Asian Games trials, have requested the Indian Olympic Association ad-hoc panel and the Sports Ministry to not conduct the World Championship trials before August 20, saying repeating the painful and tedious process of weight loss could lead to injuries ahead of the big-ticket event. The World Championship trials are expected to be held by …

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Wrestling trials for Asian Games on July 22-23; Bajrang, Ravi, Vinesh may get exemption
1 year, 5 months ago

Wrestling trials for Asian Games on July 22-23; Bajrang, Ravi, Vinesh may get exemption

The Hindu  

The IOA ad-hoc committee on Wednesday decided to hold much-awaited Asian Games wrestling trials on July 22-23 and though the panel has not revealed the format and criteria, it may exempt current Olympic and world medallists from the selection competition which will hand direct entries to Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Ravi Dahiya. First we will invite the Greco Roman …

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Indian sports news wrap, May 19
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, May 19

The Hindu  

TENNIS AITA National series juniors: Divya Ungrish defeats top seed Shagun Kumari Divya Ungrish beat the top seed Shagun Kumari 6-1, 6-4 to clinch the girls title in the AITA National series under-18 tennis tournament at the Singha Sports Academy on Friday. In the $25,000 ITF event in Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia, top seeds Rithvik Bollipalli and Sai Karteek Reddy missed …

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Indian sports news wrap, May 18
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, May 18

The Hindu  

GOLF Aditi to battle LPGA stars in the LET event in Florida Aditi Ashok, who has had top-5 finishes in her last four starts on the Ladies European Tour, will tee up at The Aramco Team Series – Florida this week. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Indian ace Anirban Lahiri will return to Major action after a full …

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Year in review 2022 | Seniors struggle a bit but Greco Roman and junior wrestlers shine
2 years ago

Year in review 2022 | Seniors struggle a bit but Greco Roman and junior wrestlers shine

The Hindu  

They were expected to dominate the field at the Commonwealth Games and they did but the tougher World Championships served a reality check for the established Indian stars even as the rise of Greco Roman wrestlers and exceptional show by the juniors made it an eventful 2022 for Indian wrestling. India won 12 medals at Birmingham CWG, where Sakshi Malik …

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Silver for Ankush; Vikas, Nitesh Win Bronze in India's Best Show at U23 Worlds in Greco Roman style
2 years, 2 months ago

Silver for Ankush; Vikas, Nitesh Win Bronze in India's Best Show at U23 Worlds in Greco Roman style

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Ankush settled for a silver after being overpowered by formidable Yui Susaki but Vikas and Nitesh won their bronze medal play-offs with ease as India’s Greco Roman wrestlers cherished their best ever show at a global event by winning three medals at the U-23 world championship, here. Vikas and Nitesh added to India’s tally on Wednesday night, a day after …

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Asian Wrestling Championship: Harpreet Singh, Sachin Sahrawat Add Two More Bronze to Tally, India's GR Contingent Ends With Five Medals
2 years, 8 months ago

Asian Wrestling Championship: Harpreet Singh, Sachin Sahrawat Add Two More Bronze to Tally, India's GR Contingent Ends With Five Medals

News 18  

Sachin Sahrawat and Harpreet Singh grabbed bronze medals on Wednesday as India’s Greco Roman contingent cherished its second-best show at the Asian Championship with five medals. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE Competing in the 67kg category, Sachin dominated the bronze play-off, winning by fall against Uzbekistan’s Mahmud …

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SAI Sacks Greco-Roman Foreign Coach Temo Kazarashvili over Non-performance of Wrestlers
3 years, 6 months ago

SAI Sacks Greco-Roman Foreign Coach Temo Kazarashvili over Non-performance of Wrestlers

News 18  

The Sports Authority of India on Friday announced that it has relieved Georgian wrestling coach Temo Kazarashvili for non-performance since none of the Greco Roman wrestlers could qualify for the Tokyo Games. India had hired Kazarashvili in February 2019 to train country’s Greco Roman wrestlers at the national camp in Sonepat till Olympics. While four men’s free style wrestler and …

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Seema Bisla wins gold at World Olympic Qualifiers, Greco Roman wrestlers fail to secure qualification berth
3 years, 7 months ago

Seema Bisla wins gold at World Olympic Qualifiers, Greco Roman wrestlers fail to secure qualification berth

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Seema, who secured her Olympic qualification on Friday, took the 50kg gold without getting on mat as her rival from Ecuador, Lucia Yamileth Yepez Guzman withdrew from the final due to an injury Sofia: Seema Bisla added a gold medal to her Olympic qualification but India’s Greco Roman wrestlers drew a blank at the World Olympic Qualifiers as none of …

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Seema bags gold, Indian Greco Roman wrestlers return empty-handed from World Olympic Qualifiers
3 years, 7 months ago

Seema bags gold, Indian Greco Roman wrestlers return empty-handed from World Olympic Qualifiers

The Hindu  

Seema Bisla’s doubled her on Saturday as the Tokyo Olympics-bound wrestler ended her campaign in the World Olympic Games Qualifier here by bagging the women’s 50kg gold medal. The Indian Greco Roman wrestlers endured a disappointing day as none of them managed to secure a Tokyo Olympics quota. RELATED| The Indian wrestlers gathered a total of eight Olympic quota places, …

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India's Greco Roman wrestlers bite dust at World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia
3 years, 7 months ago

India's Greco Roman wrestlers bite dust at World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia

India TV News  

Putting up an abject show, India's Greco Roman wrestlers drew a blank at the World Olympic Qualifiers as none of them could earn a Tokyo Games quota, here on Saturday. All Greco Roman wrestlers cut a sorry figure as none of them could win a bout. Overall, India will field its biggest ever contingent of eight wrestlers at the Tokyo …

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India's Greco Roman Wrestlers Bite Dust at World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia
3 years, 7 months ago

India's Greco Roman Wrestlers Bite Dust at World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia

News 18  

Putting up an abject show, India’s Greco Roman wrestlers drew a blank at the World Olympic Qualifiers as none of them could earn a Tokyo Games quota, here on Saturday. While Sachin Rana forfeited his opening bout to bow out of the 60kg competition, Ashu squandered ‘Par Terre’ position advantage to lose 3-8 against Aliaksandr Liavonchyk of Belarus. Overall, India …

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India's Gurpreet Singh Eyes Greco Roman Spot at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 7 months ago

India's Gurpreet Singh Eyes Greco Roman Spot at Tokyo Olympics

News 18  

Star Indian Greco Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh is geared up for the World Olympic qualifiers, starting on Thursday in Sofia. In the Asian Olympic qualification tournament, Gurpreet had defeated Korea’s 2016 Olympic medallist Kyeonwoo Kim in the preliminary round by a huge margin of 12-1. The 77kg Greco Roman event in Sofia is supposed to be tough as world bronze …

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India's Greco Roman wrestlers miss Olympic qualification at Almaty event
3 years, 8 months ago

India's Greco Roman wrestlers miss Olympic qualification at Almaty event

The Hindu  

None of the six Indian wrestlers in action could secure an Olympic quota for the Tokyo Games even as Ashu and Gupreet Singh won bronze medals at the Asian Qualifiers here on Friday. Competing in the 87kg category, Asian champion Sunil began his campaign with a 7-0 win over Kyrgyzstan's Sukhrob Abdulkhaev but lost a tough semifinal 5-9 to local …

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India's Greco Roman wrestlers miss out on Olympic quotas at Asian Qualifiers in Almaty
3 years, 8 months ago

India's Greco Roman wrestlers miss out on Olympic quotas at Asian Qualifiers in Almaty

Firstpost  

Only the finalists will earn a place in the Tokyo Games from this event and five Indians lost in the last-four stage to miss the chance on the opening day of the competition. Almaty: Much was expected from Sunil Kumar but the country’s top Greco Roman wrestler could not make the cut for the Tokyo Olympics after losing his semi-final …

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8 Wrestlers Picked for Senior Asian Championship
3 years, 9 months ago

8 Wrestlers Picked for Senior Asian Championship

News 18  

Eight wrestlers, four each free style and Greco Roman style, have been picked for the upcoming Senior Asian Wrestling Championship, the Wrestling Federation of India announced on Wednesday. In the free style category, Ravinder, Karan, Narsingh Yadav, and Sanjeet were selected while Sandeep, Neeraj, Kuldeep Malik, and Harpreet were picked in the Greco Roman style, the WFI said in a …

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National Greco Roman Wrestling: Gurpreet Singh Keen to Start with A Win
3 years, 10 months ago

National Greco Roman Wrestling: Gurpreet Singh Keen to Start with A Win

News 18  

World Ranking Series champion Gurpreet Singh is looking ahead to a good start to the season in the 77kg category at the two-day National Greco Roman Championships starting on Saturday in Jalandhar. “The overall performance would reflect on my preparation for the upcoming Asian Olympic qualifier in April,” Gurpreet told IANS. The silver medalists in the 87kg category of the …

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