Convincing: Dahiya downed Kundu.
| Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
Promising wrestler Akash Dahiya gave a commanding efficiency to emerge as the freestyle 61kg champion on the concluding day of the National wrestling championships at the Railway Stadium right here on Monday.
Dahiya of Services outsmarted Sahil Kundu of Haryana 11-0 by technical superiority in the remaining.
The 23-year-old dominated the title conflict to notch up six factors and gained additional when Kundu challenged a call unsuccessfully and conceded another level at the stroke of the first interval. Dahiya, who competed in the elite World championships final yr, launched a fast assault early in the second interval for a takedown. He added two extra factors to win comfortably.
There was chaos over accepting entries from numerous items, together with a number of non-affiliated items of the ‘suspended’ Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in the run-up to the freestyle competitions. An enormous quantity entries (325 in complete as a substitute of a determine between 250 and 300) – together with an uncommon 32 apiece in the heavier weights resembling 97kg and 125kg – from 34 items, additionally comprising Services and Railways, resulted in a delayed begin of greater than two hours.
Members from 25 items, excluding two Government departments, have been eligible for voting in the WFI elections.
Even as a number of affiliated state items didn’t ship their groups, one may witness illustration from some non-traditional States and Union Territories, resembling Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Andaman and Nicobar, Sikkim, and Lakshadweep, amid claims that a number of Haryana wrestlers competed from totally different items.
A supply in the ad-hoc committee that runs the WFI mentioned the panel wished to accommodate everybody who got here right here to compete. “The Pune event, which was not recognised by the government, created confusion. We did not want to deny anyone a chance,” mentioned the supply.
The medallists: Freestyle: 61kg: 1. Akash Dahiya (SSCB), 2. Sahil Kundu (Har), 3. Ramesh Rao (Mah), Naveen Rathi (WB).
