India makes clean sweep in Greco-Roman wrestling

Debopriya Sarkar
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Indian wrestlers Tuesday produced
a clinical display on the mat and made a clean sweep in the
men's Greco-Roman style with Ravinder Singh, Sanjay and Anil
Kumar clinching gold in their respective categories at the
Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital New Delhi.
Young Ravinder started the gold rush for India, bagging
the first yellow metal in wrestling in the 60kg category,
beating England's Christopher Terence Bosson 7-2 in front of
the sparse but cheering crowd at the Indira Gandhi Sports
Complex here.
Sanjay followed his comaptriot's footsteps and got the
better of South Africa's Brian Richard Addinall 2-0 in the
74kg category.
And then Anil made it three out of three for host country
when he defeated Hassene Fkiri of Australia 6-0 in the summit
clash of the 96kg to round off an excellent day in office for
Indian grapplers.
But it all started with young Ravinder's gold. He was a
picture of concentration against his English opponent as
inspite of finding himself in difficult situations twice in
the bout, he stood firm and came out with flying colours.
After some initial exchanges, Ravinder scored two quick
points to end the opening round with a 2-0 lead.
But the real show of his character came in the second
round when he found himself twice in a disadvantageous
position but displayed sound technical acumen to pocket the
encounter.
Right from the start, Ravinder was in his elements as he
spanked Sri Lanka's ASSD Kumara 13-0 in his opening bout and
then outclassed Nigerian Romeo Joseph 8-0 in the semifinals.
While Bosson had to be satisfied with silver in the 60kg
division, the bronze went to Romeso James of Nigeria.
Just after Ravinder's feat, Sanjay gave the home fans
more reasons to celebrate after beating South Africa's Brian
Richard Addinall in the 74kg final to register India's second
consecutive gold medal in wrestling. More PTI