Gurpreet Singh (Photo Credit: Twitter)
India’s all 5 Greco-Roman wrestlers could not transcend the semi-final stage of their respective occasions and with no quota place on the Asian Olympic qualification for Tokyo Olympics.
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- Last Updated:April 10, 2021, 07:37 IST
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India’s star Greco-Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh had a formidable begin within the Asian Olympic qualification match in Almaty on Friday however a poor end within the semi-finals of the 77kg class spoiled his possibilities of profitable the Tokyo Olympic berth.
The 25-year-old from Punjab started his quest to win the Olympic quota with an enormous 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 within the semis, scoring an 8-2 win over the Indian.
Only two finalists in every of the burden classes are eligible to win the Olympic quota place.
India’s 4 different Greco-Roman wrestlers suffered a destiny just like Singh’s. All of them couldn’t transcend the semi-final stage of their respective occasions, which meant India’s marketing campaign to win quota place in Almaty got here to a disappointing finish.
In the 60kg, Gyanender misplaced his semi-final bout 1-6 to 2018 World silver-medallist Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kyrgyzstan.
Ashu too misplaced his 67kg semi-final match to Mohammad Reza Geraei of Iran 0-9.
Asian champion Sunil Kumar additionally bowed out of the match within the semi-finals of the 87kg class. Despite main 3-0, he misplaced the match 5-9 to Nursultan Tursynow of Kazakhstan.
In the 130kg semi-final bout, Naveen misplaced 1-7 to Minseok Kim of Korea.
Those wrestlers who didn’t earn a quota place within the Asian Olympic Qualifier in Almaty must make it to the finals of the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria from May 6-9.
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