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.
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IOS Sports and Entertainment.
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