Sushil gets 3 walkovers and gold

Indore, November 17

Back in action after three years, two-time Olympics medallist Sushil Kumar took less than three minutes to bag the gold medal as three of his opponents gave him a walkover in the men's 74kg freestyle competition of the National wrestling championship.

Sushil battled for just two minutes and 33 seconds in total on the mat as he fought only two initial round bouts before three of his opponents — in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final — gave him a walkover.

Parveen Rana conceded his bout against the 34-year-old as he was reportedly injured. Earlier, Sachin Dahiya gave him a walkover in their semifinal bout. In the quarterfinals, Praveen had also given his more fancied opponent a walkover. Sushil took less than two minutes to get past his opponents in the initial rounds. Sushil overpowered Mizoram's Lalmalsawma by a technical fall in just 48 seconds in the first round and then pinned down Mukul Mishra in a minute and 45 seconds in his next bout. — PTI

Results

Women: (48kg): Ritu (gold), Nirmal Devi (silver), Preeti and Sheetal Tomar (bronze)

(53kg): Seema (gold), Pinki (silver), Priyanka (bronze) and Diksha Tomar (bronze)

55kg: Vinesh (gold) Manisha (silver), Swaranjeet Kaur and Reena (bronze).

(57kg): Pooja Dhanda (gold), Sangeeta (silver), Rani Rana and Indu Tomar (bronze)

(59kg): Geeta Phogat (gold), Ravita (silver), Sakshi and Sarita (bronze)

(62kg): Sakshi Malik (gold), Pooja Tomar (silver), Pooja and Manju (bronze)

(65kg): Ritu Malik (gold), Gargi Yadav (silver), Shilpi Sheoran and Ishika Tomar (bronze)

(68kg): Divya Kakran (gold), Monia (silver), Kusum and Pinki (bronze)

(72kg): Kiran (gold), Manu Tomar (silver), Naina and Kamini (bronze)

(76kg): Pooja (gold), Kavita (silver), Jyoti and Rani (bronze)

Men's freestyle: (57 kg): Utkrash Kale (gold), Ravi Kumar (silver), Amit and Mayank (bronze)

(65kg): Sonu (gold), Praveen (silver), Surjeet and Karan (bronze)

(74kg): Sushil Kumar (gold), Praveen Rana (silver), Praveen and Balraj (bronze)

(86kg): Pawan Kumar (gold), Deepak (silver), Surajvir and Deepak Punia (bronze)