Services Yodhas are dominating the mat at the Tata Motors Under-23 National Championship in Chittorgarh. Greco Roman wrestlers from Haryana and Delhi are just behind.
All 10 Greco-Roman wrestlers who won gold in the Tata Motors Under-23 Junior National Wrestling Championships have made the cut for the under-23 World Championships to be held in Bucharest, Romania, between November 12 and 16.
The event which kicked off at the packed Gora Badi Indoor Stadium saw wrestlers from the Services dominating and winning the team championships with 190 points while Haryana finished on 172 points to take the second spot, leaving Delhi with the third position on the table with 146 points, stats a Press release.
Of the 10 gold medals on offer in as many categories, Services and Haryana shared four each but the former had three silver and two bronze medals to boost their finish atop the podium. Haryana, on the other hand, had no silver to show but just four bronze medals from the remaining bouts. Delhi, despite winning four silver medals, couldn’t upstage Haryana because they had just one gold in 82 kg category. The other gold went the way of Chandigarh in 130 kg.
Earlier, the championships, which is held for the first time to scout talent, was inaugurated by Brij Bhushan Sharan, President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and C.P. Joshi, Member of Parliament from Chittorgarh.
Haryana opened the day well with Sajan Bhanwal defeating Maharashtra’s Shivaji in the final by fall in 77kg category, taking just 40 seconds. Earlier, The Haryana wrestler, gold medallist from Junior Asian event and the silver medal winner from the Junior World Championships in Slovakia, proved too good with technical superiority to win the final.
But the 60kg final saw Manish from the Services winnings on points (10-4) against Sunny Yadav from Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile in 63 kg category, Haryana’s Rajeet defeated Sonu of the Services 3-1 in a tight final.
In 55 kg final Ravin from Haryana held sway over Delhi’s Manoj. The one-sided final saw the Haryana wrestler winning 9-1. It was not Delhi’s day as yet another Haryana matman, Ravinder, proved his superiority blanking out Sourav from Delhi 9-0.
The other Services men to win the bouts included Ajay in 72 kg. He beat Delhi’s Arun, Sunil in 87 kg downed Deepak, also from Delhi while Deepanshu claimed the 97 kg gold, beating his Maharashtra rival Harshvardhan on points.
Apart from the Services and Haryana, the other states that shared the bronze medals included Uttar Pradesh (Lokesh and Yatender), Paras (Himachal Pradesh), Lal Singh (Punjab), Sumit Tomar (Delhi) and Ashok Kumar (Rajasthan).
The second-day of the championships will feature women’s freestyle events.
Tata Motors Commercial Vehicle division are the Principal Sponsors of Indian wrestling and the Wrestling Federation of India.
RESULTS (Greco Roman Style)
55 kg.
Gold: Ravin Haryana
Silver: Manoj Delhi
Bronze: Lokesh MP
Bronze: Abhijit MAH
60 kg.
Gold: Manish SSCB
Silver: Sunny MP
Bronze: Vijay Haryana
Bronze: Abhay Utrakd
63 kg.
Gold: Ranjeet HAR
Silver: Sonu SSCB
Bronze: Jitender UP
Bronze: Karanjeet Punjab
67 kg.
Gold: Ravinder HAR
Silver: Saurabh Delhi
Bronze: Praveen SSCB
Bronze: Pritam MAH
72 kg.
Gold: Ajay SSCB
Silver: Arun DEL
Bronze: Vikas HP
Bronze: Kuldeep HAR
77 kg
Gold: Sajan HAR
Silver: Shivaji MAH
Bronze: Madan SSCB
Bronze: Lokesh UP
82 kg.
Gold: Sanjeet Delhi
Silver: Sandeep SSCB
Bronze: Paras HP
Bronze: Praveen HAR
87 kg
Gold: Sunil SSCB
Silver: Deepak Delhi
Bronze: Sushant HAR
Bronze: Lal Singh Punjab
97 kg
Gold: Deepanshu SSCB
Silver. Harshvardhan MAH
Bronze. Shivayya KTK
Bronze. Sumit Tomar Delhi
130 kg.
Gold: Ravi CHD
Silver: Sahil SSCB
Bronze: Yatender UP
Bronze: Ashok Kr RAJ
The Gold Medalist of this Championship has been selected for participation in Under-23 World Wrestling Championship, which will be held at Bucharest (Romania) from 12th to 16th November 2018.
Team Championship
1st. SSCB 190 Points
2nd. Haryana 172. Points
3rd. Delhi 146 Points
Editors pick
