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I knew I had a chance: Sushil Kumar

By thedarknight ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Inspite of being away from the limelight and the pressure of expectations, Beijing Olympics bronze medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar says that he always knew he had a shot at glory, even though not many people paid attention.
“Probably you may say that there was no expectation from the people back home and the media too. […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Wrestler Tomar out

By thedarknight ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Wrestler Rajiv Tomar crashed out of the 120kg freestyle event of the Beijing Olympics with a comprehensive defeat early on Thursday.
The Indian grappler fought a bad qualifying round bout against Steve Mocco and the American blanked Rajiv 4-0 to show him the exit door.
There was hope of a repechage round but Mocco failed to reach […]

Delhi CM awards Sushil 50 lacs

By thedarknight ⋅ August 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit gave a cash award of Rs.50 lakhs for Olympic bronze medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar.
“It is a great achievement for Sushil. He is the new icon for Delhi and I will give him a cash award of Rs.5 million. If he doesn’t have a job I will provide him […]

India@Beijing Olympics2008: Sushil Kumar wins Wrestling Bronze

By thedarknight ⋅ August 20, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal after beating Kazakhstan’s wrestler in a play-off in the men’s 66 kg freestyle wrestling through the repechage round at the Beijing Olympics.
Earlier, India’s ace freestyle grappler Sushil Kumar lost out in the first round to Ukraine’s Andriy Stadnik in the men’s 66 kg freestyle event. He had garnered a […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Wrestling

By thedarknight ⋅ August 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sushil Kumar proved to be no challenge for Ukrainian Andriy Stadnik in the first round of 66kg freestyle wrestling event, leaving the Indian grappler’s medal hopes in Beijing Olympics hinging on the repechage.
Pitted against a far superior opponent, Sushil managed to score a technical point even though Stadnik led the first period 2-1. In […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Wrestling

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt squandered the lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarter-final tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan on Tuesday. With this, another medal slipped out of India’s hand after Akhil Kumar’s loss in boxing quarters yesterday. In both the competitions, losing semifinalists […]

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