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Indian grapplers up their performance

By Kirti Patil

India's Geetika Jakhar in action against Rasulova Mursawva of Krygystan in the semifinals of the 63-kg women's freestyle category in the Asian wrestling championship in New Delhi on Friday. — Photo: Sandeep Saxena

NEW DELHI JUNE 6. Indian wrestlers upped their performance by a few notches providing a breather to the worried team management on the second day of the 16th Asian wrestling championship here on Friday.

Super heavy Palwinder Singh Cheema asserted his class with a crushing win over Huang Chun Sheng of Chinese Taipei. In the 120-kg men's freestyle, Cheema needs yet another win in the third league round to make it to the final, at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium.

Nonetheless, Greco-Roman grappler Gurbinder Singh notched up the first berth in the final for India. The 66-kg wrestler got a walkover from Yaser Salim Abdul of Syria. The second final for India was secured by Geetika Jakhar who continued with her excellent form. She upstaged Kyrgyzstan's Rasulova Mursawva, in the women's 63-kg freestyle class.

Cheema, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist, made a good comeback to the competition after a minor injury forced him out of action for a while. After a relative tough call against Mongolia's Gankhuyag Dorjpalam, Cheema returned in the evening with a vengeance.

The Mongolian had surprised him with a 3-1 lead by half-time, before Cheema won three points with a flip and closed the bout 5-3. Against Huang in the second league round, Cheema gave no such room for his opponent to manoeuvre. He won his first point in the 12th second and then pinned down Huang in the 48th second.

In the 74-kg freestyle class, Sujit Mann provided yet another hope for India. After being down at the start, Mann regrouped his strength and scored three points by flipping his Vietnamese opponent Pham Thanh Quyet. Once a cushion of two points was gained, Mann went for the kill and pinned Quyet on the mat.

Meanwhile, the competition in the women's 67-kg class was reduced to just two players. India's Kiran Sihag and Japan's Norie Saito were the only wrestlers signing in for 67-kg. They now meet directly in the final on Sunday.

The results (league):

Men: Freestyle: third round: 55-kg: Yang Jae Hoon (Kor) bt Firas Rafael Khaled (Syr) 9-2; Mohammad Aslani (Iri) bt Bauyezhan Orazhalyev (Kaz) 3-2; Tomohiro Matsunaga (Jpn) bt Enthtur Badamgoikhan (Mgl) 7-5.

66-kg: Hassan Tahmasbi (Iri) bt Kamal Hussain (Ban) fall; Pawan Kumar (Ind) bt Maren Koolmani Adnan (Syr) 3-1; Bayarmagnai Norjia (Mgl) bt Polot Urazimbetov (Uzb) 7-4; Kazuhiko Ikematsu (Jpn) bt Sabit Kendybayev (Kaz) 6-0; Kim Sungsil (Kor) bt Weichuan Yi (Tpe) TF. Repechage: Syimenkul Tabaldy (Kgz) bt Polot Urazimbetov (Uzb) 3-2.

84-kg: Sanakoev Aslam (Uzb) bt Jun Kyung Min (Kor) 4-1; Batbayar Buyandelger (Mgl) bt Marma Sinha Tripujra (Ban) fall; Anuj Kumar (Ind) bt Takao Isokawa (Jpn) 5-1; Pejman Dorostkar (Iri) bt Ting Chad Yi (Tpe) fall.

Second round: 60-kg: Nadyrbekulu Ulan (Kgz) bt Enkh Bayar Luv (Mgl) 7-3; Daishi Matsuo (Jpn) bt Chang Hsiu Wei (Tpe) TF; Sushil Kumar (Ind) bt Jung Hung Ho (Kor) 7-6.

74-kg: Gennadiy Lalivev (Kaz) bt Un Ya Chin (Tpe) 8-0; Yousup Abdusalomov (Tjk) bt Kim Il Awan (Kor) 4-0; Ramazan Zadeh Reza (Iri) bt Magomedali Gadjilavov (Uzb) 6-2; Sujit Mann (Ind) bt Phan Thanh Quyet (Vie) fall.

96-kg: Ibragimov Magomed (Uzb) bt Masa Hide Moviyama (Jpn) 9-2; Nuzhzan Katayev (Kaz) bt Jalal Baker (Syr) fall; Enkhtuya Turskin (Mgl) bt Koo Hak Ja (Kor) 2-0; Jagdish Kaliraman (Ind) bt Brahm Dev Yadav (Nep) fall.

120-kg: Rezaei Ali Reza (Iri) bt Mazid Mutaliuov (Kaz) 9-0; Gankhuyag Dorjpalam (Mgl) bt Mohammad Ashraf Ali (Ban) fall; Palwinder Cheema (Ind) bt Huang Chun Sheng (Tpe) fall.

First round: 60-kg: Seyed Mohammadi Morad (Iri) bt Enkh Bayar Luv (Mgl) 4-2; Zakhart Dinov Damir (Uzb) bt Chang Hsiu Wei (Tpe) TF; Jung Young Ho (Kor) bt Miars Yernazarov (Kaz) 3-2.

74-kg: Gennadiy Lalivev (Kaz) bt Mongno (Ban) fall; Yousup Abdusalomov (Tjk) bt Talant Jekshnov (Kgz) TF; Magomedali Gadjilavov (Uzb) bt Ahmad Alstan (Syr) 5-0; Kazuyu Ki Nagashima (Jpn) bt Phan Thanh Quyet (Vie) 10-1.

96-kg: Hiequri Alireza (Iri) bt Masa Hide Moviyama (Jpn) TF; Aleksey Krupniakov (Kgz) bt Jalal Baker (Syr) fall; Koo Hak Ja (Kor) bt Jagdish Kaliraman (Ind) 6-3; Enkhtuya Turskin (Mgl) bt Brahm Dev (Nep) fall.

120 kg: Mazid Mutaliuov (Kaz) bt Kohi Suwama (Jpn) 3-1; Palwinder Singh Cheema (Ind) bt Gankhuyag Dorjpalam (Mgl) 5-3; Huang Chun Sheng (Tpe) bt Mohammed Ashrag Ali (Ban) fall.

Greco-Roman: Third round: 55-kg: Bauata Hamid (Iri) bt Kqlilovuran (Kgz) 6-2; Yasuto Fujita (Jpn) bt Dnagd Hue (Vie) 10-9; Imanbyevasset (Kaz) bt Holmatov Kamal (Uzb) 3-1; Imdawon (Kor) bt Wu Wei Cheng (Tpe) TF.

66-kg: Zeidvand Parviz (Iri) bt Manukyan Mkhitar (Kaz) 4-1; Kur Banov Bakhodir (Uzb) bt Choi Wan Ho (Kor) 4-3; Gurbinder Singh (Ind) w.o Yaser Salim Abdul (Syr); Kanat Begaliev (Kgz) bt Masaki Izena (Jpn) fall.

84-kg: Marasheian S. Ahmed (Iri) bt Satdev Malik (Ind) 8-0; Abdulla Jabrailov (Kaz) bt Mohammad Moudon Kamel (Syr) fall; Engeniv Erofaylov (Uzb) bt Can Van Thuc (Vie) fall; Mitsuhivo Ota (Jpn) w.o Lin Ming Chi (Tpe). Repechage: Bae Man Ku (Kor) bt Ota Mitsuhivo (Jpn) 3-0; Kenjeev Janar (Kgz) bt Ota Mitsuhivo (Jpn) fall.

Second round: 60-kg: Ashkaani Aghbolagh Ali (Iri) bt Kim Bong Suk (Kor) 3-0; Hikaru Ito (Jpn) bt Hasiao Shih Chun (Tpe) TF; Hudoy Ber Dievasliddin (Uzb) bt Ravinder Singh (Ind) 9-1; Tengizbaev Nurbakyt (Kaz) bt Ubukeev Maksat (Kgz) 10-2.

74-kg: Tsakasa Tsyu Rumaki (Jpn) bt Salan Gholian Mohammad (Syr) 5-1; Man Ba Xuan (Vie) bt Sanjay Kumar (Ind) 4-1; Kobonov Dahiar (Kgz) bt Michkel Baletin (Phi) fall; Turdien Jhongir (Uzb) bt Baiseitiv Rustem (Kaz) 3-0.

96-kg: Yusuke Morikaku (Jpn) bt Satish Kumar (Ind) 3-0; Han Tae Young (Kor) bt Mohammad Ken (Syr) 6-3.

120-kg: Gharibi Aliyeza (Iri) bt Mohammad Al Haiek (Syr) TF; Virender (Ind) bt Djuraev Dilshod (Uzb) 5-1; Park Woo (Kor) bt Hirokuza Shinjo (Jpn) 4-0.

First round: 60-kg: Ashkaani Aghbolagh Ali (Iri) bt Hasiao Shih Chun (Tpe) TF; Kim Bong Suk (Kor) bt Hikaru Ito (Jpn) 7-6; Ravinder Singh (Ind) bt Tengizbaev Nurbakyt (Kaz) 4-0; Hudoy Ber Dievasliddin (Uzb) bt Ubukeev Maksat (Kgz) TF.

74-kg: Pouynaki Mohsen (Iri) bt Salan Gholian Mohammad (Syr) 3-0; Choi Duk Hoon (Kor) bt Man Ba Xuan (Vie) 5-1; Baiseitov Rustem (Kaz) bt Michkel Baletin (Phi) fall; Kobonov Dahiar (Kgz) bt Turdien Jhongir (Uzb) TF.

96-kg: Hashen Zadeh Masoud (Iri) bt Satish Kumar (Ind) 3-0; Assembekov Margulan (Kgz) bt Mohammed Ken (Syr) 3-0.

120-kg: Tsurtsumia Georgiy (Kaz) bt Gharibi Aliyeza (Iri) 3-2; Park Woo (Kor) bt Virender Singh (Ind) 3-0; Djuraev Dilshod (Uzb) bt Hirokuza Shinjo (Jpn) 3-0.

Women: Freestyle: Third round: 48-kg: Kao Wei Chien (Tpe) bt Park Ji Young (Kor) 11-9; Mika Noguchi (Jpn) bt Kamini Yadav (Ind) 3-1.

55-kg: Lee Na Lae (Kor) bt Manju Shekhawat (Ind) 8-2; Madina Kuzmangalyeva (Kaz) bt Wi Li Chuan (Tpe) 3-1.

63-kg: Ayako Shoda (Jpn) bt Hang Jin Young (Kor) 7-2; Geetika Jakhar (Ind) bt Rasulova Mursawva (Kgz) TF; Nguyen Thilan Anh (Vie) bt Alexandza Boginskaya (Kaz) 4-2.

Second round: 51-kg: Nimako Hattor (Jpn) bt Wang Xing Chi (Tpe) fall; Emkhjargal Isogtbazar (Mgl) bt Renu Bala (Ind) 13-3.

59-kg: Renu Iwamo (Jpn) bt Roza (Kaz) fall; Myagmar Suren Tumen (Mgl) bt Alka Tomar (Ind) 7-0.

72-kg: Svetlana Yazoshevich (Kaz) bt Gursharan Preet (Ind) fall; Kang Min Jeong (Kor) w.o Ayako Murashima (Jpn).

First round: 51-kg: Nimako Hattor (Jpn) bt Renu Bala (Ind) fall; Emkhjargal Isogtbazar (Mgl) bt Wang Xing Chi (Tpe) 4-1.

59-kg: Rena Iwamo (Jpn) bt Alka Tomar (Ind) TF; Myagmar Suren Tumen (Mgl) bt Huang Yu Ning (Tpe) TF.

72-kg: Kang Min Jeong (Kor) bt Gursharan Preet (Ind) 3-2; Burmaa Ochirbat (Mgl) bt Ayako Murashima (Jpn) 4-2.

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