Mausam Khatri, Amit Dhankar win gold medal at National Wrestling championship

Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi’s husband, Satyawart Kadian, meanwhile, settled for a bronze. He went down 1-3 to the eventual gold medallist, Khatri, in the semifinals.

Khatri defeated Rubeljeet in the final to claim the yellow metal in men’s 97kg freestyle.

Dhankar got the better of Arun Kumar in the final of 70kg to emerge triumphant.

Meanwhile, Haryana team clinched the top honours in all three categories — men’s, women’s and greco-roman.

Results:

Men’s Freestyle:
61kg: Rahul Aware (gold), Sharvan (Silver), Harful& Sonafa (Bronze).

70kg: Amit Dhankar (Gold), Arun Kr (Silver), Vinod Kr & Vikas (Bronze).

79kg: Jitender (Gold), Veerdev Gulia (Silver), Amit & Kautuk (Bronze).

92kg: Somvir (Gold), Ajruddin (Silver), Jonny & Gopal Yadav (Bronze).

97kg: Mausam Khatri (Gold), Rubaljit Singh (Silver), Ravi Barot & Satyvart Kadian (Bronze).

125kg: Sumit (Gold), Hitender (Silver), Gurpal Singh & Satender (Bronze).

Team championhsip:

Men’s Freestyle: 1st – Haryana (84 Points), 2nd – RSPB (78 Points) & 3rd – SSCB (49 Points).

Women’s Wrestling: 1st – Haryana (91 Points), 2nd – RSPB (87 Points) & 3rd – UP (69 Points).

Greco Roman: 1st – Haryana (85 points), 2nd – SSCB (74 Points) & 3rd – RSPB (74 Points).