NEW DELHI, June 20: The Indian National Anthem was played for the first time in the Mahindra Tractors 11th World Cadet (15-16 years) Freestyle Wrestling Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Friday when Delhi's Anil Kumar Mann gave the hosts the first gold medal in the 83-kg weight category.Mann, a trainee of Asian Games gold medallist Satpal at the Chhattarsaal Stadium, beat Poland's J Tonasi by a convincing 7-0 margin in the last bout of the penultimate day of the four-day championships.The large home supporters at the stadium had a lot to cheer and shout today as two more Indians Naresh Kumar in 45-kg and Ramesh Kumar in 63-kg made the finals, which are scheduled for Saturday afternoon.Another Indian, Ashok Kumar, lost narrowly to Iranian Hamed Azimi for the third position in the 69-kg category. A protest by the Indian officials against the referee's decision was, however, turned down by the jury, who ruled the Iranian winner by fall in three minutes, with the scores on level at 9-9. With his supporters egging him on, Ashok Kumar stayed on in the arena before reluctantly moving out.But the toast of the Indian camp was undoubtedly Mann. A 10th standard student of Tulsi Nagar Government School, Anil did not allow his Polish opponent to make any attacking move. With cries of ``India .. India.'' reverberating inside the hall, Anil, who was alert and swift, took a commanding 4-0 lead at the end of the first minute in the four-minute bout. He added another point in the next minute and completed the tally in the third minute. The final minute, however, saw the Polish wrestler avoiding the menacing hold of the Indian muscleman.Of the five finals that were witnessed in the evening, Poland, Azerbaijan, Kirkistan and Russia won a gold medal each, the fifth being India's (Mann).In the 45-kg category semi-final, Naresh Kumar, a students of SAI Sports School at Nidani (Haryana) and coached by Brijbhan, outplayed GLM Waib of Azerbaijan by 3-0 verdict. He will take on Russia's R Ramazan, who eliminated Turkey's T Odabas 9-8.Ramesh Kumar made it to the title-round in 63-kg category when he outpointed Iran's Mehdi Joyber with a 4-2 verdict. Fifteen-year-old Ramesh is a trainee of Captain Chand Roop akhara at Azadpur Mandi and a student of Jahangirpuri Government School. ``I made the Iranian get tired and then attacked him,'' the Indian said later about his tactics.The lone disappointment for the Indian camp in the evening was the defeat of Ashok Kumar in 69-kg against Iran's Hamed Azimi for the bronze medal. The Indian began in grand fashion, lifting his opponent above his shoulders and throwing him on to the ground to move 5-3 ahead in the first minute.RESULTS42-kg: For position 1: B Krystian (Pol) bt Verlan Tudor (Mda) 4-1. for position 3: Nizamiev Insaf (Rus) bt Tsikvadze Amiran (Geo) 9-5.48-kg: For position 1: Gussinor Ruslan (Aze) bt Murtaza Yilmiz (Tur) 11-5. For position 3: Fidroruschin Vasil (Ukr) bt Abdurachmanov (Uzb) 4-3.57-kg: For position 1: Dmitzy Mihailov (Kgz) bt Batyrov Albert (Rus) 6-0. For position 3: Z Rovstanislav (Tag) bt Mike Pirozzola (USA) 5-2.69-kg: For position 1: Gasanov (Rus) bt Ikram Kadyrov (Kgz) 8-2. For position 3: Hamed Azimi (Iri) bt Ashok Kumar (Ind) by fall.83-kg: For position 1: Anil Kumar (India) bt J Tonasi (Pol) 7-0. For position 3: Kamran Amiri (Iri) bt Trey Clark (USA) 6-0
