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. 

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Indian Men’s Hockey team qualifies for the Olympics.

The Indian men’s Hockey team, managed to qualify for the Olympics after they beat France 8-1 in the final round of the qualification tournament that was held in New Delhi. This was a big moment for India as India has finally managed to qualify for the Olympics after many decades.

Furthermore, the team did not want to repeat what happened at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 where they missed the berth by a very small margin. This fact only pushed the team more to win as they managed to defeat France. The French team found it impossible to counter the Indian team’s relentless shots. So much so, that both teams earned seven penalty corners each.

However, players such as Sandeep Singh and SV Sunil kept pushing against their opponents. This culminated into a match which India won. This match has also ensured that the Indian men’s Hockey team goes to the Olympics after a very long time.

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