India's Sushil Kumar lost Japanese wrestler Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu won gold and former silver medal .
In the 66kg freestyle Japanese wrestler Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu with a 3-1 win over India's Sushil Kumar.
Japanese wrestler was 1-0 up after a tight first period but pulled clear in the second when he picked up and slammed Kumar, who was accused of biting in his semi-final victory against Tanatarov.
Sushil won bronze in Beijing and silver medal in London, won back-to-back medals is enromous efforts at the gala global event. For Sushil who comes from impoverished family from the outskirts of the capital is pride of nation and name to reckon in tough indiviual game of wrestling.
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 on Sunday.
Sushil
became the first Indian sports-person to win back-to-back individual
Olympic medals, having won a bronze at the Beijing Games in 2008.
In the 66kg freestyle Japanese wrestler Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu with a 3-1 win over India's Sushil Kumar.
Japanese wrestler was 1-0 up after a tight first period but pulled clear in the second when he picked up and slammed Kumar, who was accused of biting in his semi-final victory against Tanatarov.
Sushil won bronze in Beijing and silver medal in London, won back-to-back medals is enromous efforts at the gala global event. For Sushil who comes from impoverished family from the outskirts of the capital is pride of nation and name to reckon in tough indiviual game of wrestling.
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 on Sunday.
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 and suffered
dehyderation after his semifinal bout. He had 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.
Sushil
trailed 0-1 after the first round and was out of the contest within 30
seconds of the second round when Yonemitsu penetrated his defence,
lifted him up and banged him to fetch decisive three points lead.
Sushil
had made a stunning comeback in the semifinal but could not repeat that
in the final, although he reduced the margin by getting one point.
Earlier,
the pin-up boy of Indian wrestling fought the best bout of his life as
he came from behind to beat Tantarov 3-1 in the semi-final.
Sushil
first used the Iranian technique to get over his opponent and then
rolled him over for two points. A head butt by Tantarov assured him
another point.
The
second round undoubtedly belonged to the 25-year-old Kazakh wrestler as
he put Sushil on the mat and tossed him over to get 3-0 clincher.
When
the third round started, the 29-year-old Indian looked tired and jaded
as within the first seconds, conceded a 3-0 lead to the Kazakh.
The
match looked as good as over for Sushil who waited for that one
inspirational moment as he caught Tantarov by his leg and pegged him
down to make it 3-3 with the vociferous Indian contingent egging him on.
This was followed by a Hercules-like act as he suddenly stood up with the Kazakh hanging on his shoulders.
It
probably was the defining moment for the Indian contingent's challenge
at the biggest sporting spectacle. An Indian's show of strength at the
world stage.
Sushil
Kumar can take a bow as he will now be considered at par with legendary
hockey players Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Sr although theirs was a
team sport and were part of back-to-back gold medal winning teams.
Earlier, Sushil disposed of defending champion Ramazan Sahin of Turkey and then prevailed over Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Naruzov 3-1 in the quarter-finals.
Prime Minister congratulates Sushil on winning silver
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has congratulated Sushil Kumar on his winning
the silver medal in the 66kg freestyle wrestling event at the London
Olympic Games on Sunday.
The
Prime Minister said the nation is proud of Sushil Kumar, whose
performance was a triumph of dedicated preparation, talent, and mental
strength.
Sushil lost the final bout 1-3 to Japanese Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu.
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