Indian grapplers Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Kumari, Geetika Jhakar assured of silver medal

Three Indian grapplers, including Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, qualified for the finals in their respective weight categories to ensure at least three silver for India on the third and final day of the wrestling competition in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday.

Yogeshwar (men's 65kg freestyle), Geetika Jhakar (women's 63kg) and Babita Kumari (women's 55kg) made the finals, while Pawan Kumar (men's 86kg) will fight for the bronze medal.

Yogeshwar used his trademark 'fitele' (leg-twisting) technique to great effect in all his three bouts of the day so far in... Published By: Daily News & Analysis dnaindia.com - 3 days ago
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