India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India proud

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Beijing, Aug 20 (PTI) Grappler Sushil Kumar provided an unexpected boost to India's Olympic campaign by clinching bronze medal after beating Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov in the repechage match of the men's freestyle wrestling 66kg class here today.
Sushil also thwarted the challenge from American Doug Schwab and Belarrussian Albert Batyrov in the first two repechage rounds after losing his opening round bout earlier in the day.

Sushil is only the second Indian wrestler to win the wrestling bronze after Kashabha Jadhav had returned with the medal in 1952 Helsinki Games.

This will be after 56 years that an Indian contingent will return with more than one Olympic medal as shooter Abhinav Bindra has won first-ever Games gold medal for the country earlier at the Beijing Games.

Sushil had lost to far superior Ukrainian Andriy Stadnik in his first round bout. PTI

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much improved games it is turning out to be for India

now we shall see every politician worth his/her clambering for a photo op with that guy

 

[axxo]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Excellent...

 

[skeletor]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Lesser the hype, better the result....

More the hype, worser the result....

 

[The Conqueror]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

This is really Great News.

Lesser the hype, better the result....

More the hype, worser the result....

Well Said!

 

[iinfi]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

bingooooooo.....

 

[dreamcatcher]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Great going by Sushil.Sad that the boxers lost tho.We could esily have had 3 more medals.

 

[Sumeet_naik]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Great news...

 

[Garbage]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Congo..

Feeling sad about Boxer... We had a live commentry session for him on IRC..

 

[ThinkFree]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Great. I think it's the first time India has one two medals in Olympics.

 

[hellknight]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

2nd time.. earlier India won gold in Hockey and Bronze in wrestling (KD Jadhav) in 1952 Helsinki Olympics

 

[Sumeet_naik]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Great news...

 

[narangz]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

That's great. Now we have atleast two medals.

Congratulations to Sushil Kumar.

 

[sachin_kothari]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

And we will have another one this olympics.
Vijender Kumar has already entered Semifinal in Boxing.
So atleast a bronze is confirmed.

 

[skeletor]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

@Narangz

Naah, now we'll have three...

Vijender entered the Semi Finals of 75kg Boxing.....We're now atleast assured of a Bronze.....

 

[ThinkFree]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

^^Hope Vijender Kumar provide us the third as well.

 

[iinfi]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

!!!another medal assured as in boxing the two losing semi-finalists get a bronze!!!


GO INDIA GO .....

 

[amrawtanshx]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Better show this year ... *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/8.png

 

[dreamcatcher]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Yep.3 medals now.

Some people here are confused.

So let me make it clear.
Boxing being a contact sport, both the losers of the semis are assured of a bronze.They dont need to fight it out for a bronze again.

 

[narangz]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

@Narangz

Naah, now we'll have three...

Vijender entered the Semi Finals of 75kg Boxing.....We're now atleast assured of a Bronze.....

Sahi hai chorre. Haryanvi chayye huye hain

 

[BBThumbHealer]

Re: India's wins second medal at the Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar does India prou

Well Done !