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| Sushil Kumar wins gold in World Wrestling Championship | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar created history by winning the maiden gold medal for the country in the World Wrestling Championship in Moscow on Sunday.
Sushil outwitted Russian grappler Gogaev Alan 3-1 to win the final bout of the 66 kg men's freestyle category.
According to international body's website (FILA), Sushil clinched two crucial points in the first period while his opponent only managed one.
Sushil kept the pressure on Russia's Gogaev and picked one more point in the second period to clinch the coveted gold medal.
Sushil was only the second Indian to win an Olympic medal when he grabbed a bronze at Beijing Games in 2008.
After getting a bye in the first round, he beat Akritidis of Greece, Martin Sebastian of Germany and Buyan Jav of Mongolia en route to the final.
All other Indian contenders had crashed out before the finals in the championship.
Earlier, Sushil Kumar made it to the final by defeating Hasanov Jabrayil of Azerbaijan.
Sushil won his semifinal bout 4-3.
The Azerbaijani grappler started off well as he notched up the lone point in the first period but Sushil bounced back and levelled the score 1-1 in the second period.
In the third period Sushil dished out an attacking game and clinched three more points as compared to his opponents Hasanov's two to seal the issue in his favour. |
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