Monday 2 July 2012

Amit Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt make the cut for Olympics


Yogeshwar Dutt and Amit Kumar, wrestlers who hail from Haryana have managed to qualify for the Olympics after they beat their opponents at the Asian Qualification tournament that was held in Kazakhstan.

Yogeshwar dutt, who has a number of wins to his credit including two golds at the Commonwealth games managed to grab silver in the Qualification rounds. He could not get gold as he lost to Iranian Mahmoud Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari in the final with a score of 2-3 and 0-1. Amit Kumar however, who is a newcomer to the sport, managed to win gold after he defeated Japanese wrestler Shinichi Yumoto with a score of 5-0. He shows promise as he has one gold medal to his credit at the Asian Junior Championship last year.

This ensured that they both managed to procure a berth for this year’s Olympics. 

-         IOS Sports and Entertainment.


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