SUSHIL
KUMAR SETTLES FOR SILVER BUT CREATES HISTORY
India
will not have a gold medal to show from the London Olympic Games as wrestler
Sushil Kumar settled for a silver in the 66kg free style category after being
outclassed by Japanese Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 3-1 in the gold medal bout, here
Sunday12th August, 2012. Nevertheless, the Indian wrestler recorded his
name in sports history annals of the country by becoming the first ever
sportsperson to win back-to-back individual Olympic medals, having won a bronze
at the 2008 Beijing Games. It was India's third wrestling medal in Olympic
history with K.D Jadhav (1952) and Yogeshwar Dutt (2012) being the previous
winners.
With Sushil's silver, India ended its London Games campaign with six medals - its best ever show at the biggest sports extravaganza. Wrestling and shooting provided India two medals each, while women boxing and badminton added one medal each. India had hoped to add a gold to its kitty when Sushil Kumar reached the final but his Japanese rival, an Asian Games champion, prevailed with his stout defence. Raj Singh, the Secretary General of the Wrestling federation of India said after the final that Sushil had a bout of diarrhea after his semifinal bout and also vomited as something he had eaten did not agree with him. He also had a neck injury which he suffered during the semifinal against Kazakhstan's Akzhurek Tanatarov but that did not affect him, according to Raj.
Prof.
John Kurakar
1 comment:
Congrats to Sushilkumar. All medal winners should be applauded for their great work and should be treated as Olympic Team India. All these medal winners have created history in Olympic for India
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