Sumit Malik on Thursday turned the fourth Indian males’s free type wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Games when he reached the 125kg summit conflict on the World Olympic Qualifiers, right here. Sumit joined Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) in India’s males’s free type squad sure for the Tokyo Olympics.
It is the primary time that 28-year-old Malik, who’s a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, has made the reduce for the Olympics. The finalists at this competitors will qualify for Tokyo Games.
Unlike his earlier bouts, Malik was aggressive from the start within the all-crucial semifinal, which he received 5-0 in opposition to Venezuela’s Jose Daniel Diaz Robertti. However, Amit Dhankar (74kg) and Satywart Kadiyan (97kg) did not earn a quota after shedding at totally different phases of the competitors. In his 125kg Qualification bout in opposition to Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Lazarev, Malik was trailing 1-2 until the final 25 seconds however received a push-out level in the direction of the top and received on standards, when the scores had been tied at 2-2.
His subsequent bout was in opposition to Moldova’s Alexandr Romanov. He trailed 0-1 after shedding a degree on passivity. In the second interval, he misplaced one other level when he was pushed out by his opponent however as has been his technique — Malik assaults within the closing stage of the bout — he pulled off a two-point throw to make it even and at last received 3-2.
In the quarterfinal in opposition to Tajikistan’s Rustam Iskandari, Malik was in hassle at one stage as he trailed 2-4 after main 2-0 however logged 4 two-pointers to win simply. On the opposite hand, Dhankar misplaced his Qualification bout 6-9 to Moldova’s Mihail Sava. After trailing 0-4, Dhankar put up a spirited struggle within the second interval, however the Moldovan was as much as the duty.
Dhankar’s defeat implies that India will go unrepresented within the 74kg on the Tokyo Games. Kadiyan received his pre-quarterfinal 5-2 in opposition to Evan Amadour Ramos from Puerto Rico. He led 3-0 within the first interval, however a take-down transfer by his rival threatened his probabilities earlier than the Indian received one other two-pointer to win simply.
In the quarterfinal in opposition to Bulgaria’s Ahmed Sultanovich Bataev, Kadian blew away a 5-1 result in exit of the competitors as he misplaced the bout on standards, conceding 4 factors within the final 20 seconds. Kadian trailed after the primary interval, shedding the purpose on passivity. In the second interval, he scored 5 factors in a row, beginning with passivity level and adopted that up with two push-outs and a two-point throw.
However, the Bulgarian turned the tide in his favour with consecutive take all the way down to stun the Indian camp.
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