Nagoya, Sep 30 (PTI) Making a dominant start to his Asian Games campaign, India’s Greco Roman wrestler Sunil Kumar moved to the men’s 87kg semifinals with a technical superiority victory but Nisha Dahiya was yet again shut out by North Korea’s Sol Gum Pak here on Wednesday.
Sunil, the bronze medal winner at Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, was in complete control against Tajikistan’s Muhammad Sultonzoda.
Sunil finished the job in a jiffy after his rival was put on a ‘par terre’ position for being defensive. Sunil made full use of the advantageous ground position to employ consecutive gut wrench moves.
In the last-four, the Indian is likely to go up against Japan’s young World Championship bronze medallist Taizo Yoshida.
Nisha though lost to North Korea’s Pak in the 1/8 round of women’s 68kg event.
Nisha had moved ahead 2-0 but Pak executed a four-pointer to end the first period with a 4-2 lead.
In the second period, Nisha got a two pointer to level the match. No wrestler could score a point after that and Pak was declared winner on criteria (scoring bigger move). If Pak reaches the final, it will open a repechage route for Nisha.
Incidentally, Nisha had lost to Pak at the Paris Olympics quarterfinals also after suffering an injury. Nisha was leading 8-2 in that bout but left the mat in tears due to an elbow injury as she lost 8-10. PTI APS APS ATK
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