Indian free style wrestlers miss out on Paris Games qualification
Aman Sehrawat missed out on securing a berth for the Paris Games after losing his semifinal at the Asian Olympic Qualifier while Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalkal were not allowed to compete after they reported late for weigh-in, here on Friday. Competing in 57kg category, Aman began in tremendous fashion, trampling his first two rivals — Yerassyl Mukhtaruly and Sunggwon Kim — by technical superiority but was pinned by Uzbekistan's Gulomjon Abdullaev after falling behind by 10 points.
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A lot of hope rested on Aman, who has emerged as one for the future in a category in which Ravi Dahiya excelled.
Among all the wrestlers in men's free style category Asian Games bronze medallist Aman was the country's biggest hope to win a quota place.
Abdullaev began with a left-leg attack and converted that into a take-down. The Uzbek rattled Aman with a sensational four-pointer and within no time, the Indian was under pressure to make a comeback. It made him slow while the speed with which Abdullaev created opportunities helped him clinch the contest.
Struggling at the edge of a circle to wriggle out of Abdullaev's hold, Aman seemed to have given up and was pinned.
In 74kg, Jaideep had a great start as he pinned Turkmenistan's Al Arslan Begenjov but lost his quarterfinal to Kyrgyzstan Orozobek Toktomambetov on criteria after being locked 2-2.
Sumit Malik (125kg) also lost his first round to Kyrgyzstan's Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur by technical superiority while
