Easy wins for Geetika, Jasmin

By Our Sports Reporter

BANGALORE, JUNE 24. Bouts went true to form and expectations on the opening day of the 21st junior National wrestling championship at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor stadium here on Saturday.

Geetika Pant of Madhya Pradesh scored two emphatic victories over Padmaja (Ori) and Sayida (UP) to make the last four in the 43 kgs category for the girls event. Jasmin George of Kerala turned out an impressive winner against Pratima Devi of Manipur in the 68 kgson points and then felled Chandra of Delhi to make the grade.

lResults (Round robin): Girls (Freestyle): 43 kgs: Padmaja (Ori) bt Sayida (UP) on pts; Geetika Pant (MP) bt Padmaja -by fall; Geetika Pant bt Sayida- on pts; Pushpa (Del) bt Sunita Nikam (Mah) by fall; Hemal Sharma (Raj) bt Sunita Nikam - by tech. fall; Binoy K Thomas (Ker) bt Lalita Nagar (HP) by fall; Meenu Kumari (Har) bt Lalita Nagar - by fall; Sushmit Kaur (Pnb) bt Ramubala (Mani) by fall; Ramubala bt Manisha (Guj) on fall.

50 kgs: Nasim Khaleem (MP) bt Suma Samant (Mah) by fall; Rajbala (Del) bt Seema Samant by fall; Kiran Jangra (Har) bt Chitra Kiran (Guj) by fall; Kiran Jangra bt K. Kunjanlu (Mani) by tech fall; Anita K.R. (Ker) bt K.H. Biabranqui (Mizo) by fall; Anita K.R. bt Sushmita (Ori) by tech. fall; Renubala (Pun) bt Babita Rani (UP) by fall; Renubala bt Neelam Mati (Raj).

58 kgs: Kuldeep Kaur (HP) bt Kalyani (Rohale (Mah) by fall; Seema Kuntal (Raj) bt Kalyani Rohale by fall; Beena Varghese (Ker) bt Sarita Sirohi (UP) by fall; Mamta Arya (Del) bt Sarita Sirohi on pts; Anita (Har) bt Reeta Rabari (Guj) by fall; Imanuchau (Mani) bt Reeta Rabari by fall; Naresh Kumari (Pun) bt Imanuchau by pts.

68 kgs: Inderjit Kaur (Har) bt Reeta (HP) by pts; SUkhwinder (Pun) bt Reeta by tech. fall; Vandana Chaudhary (UP) bt Sheikh Sanoo (Mah) by fall; Vandana Choudhary bt Sarita Sharma (Raj) on pts; Jasmin George (Ker) bt P. Preeti (AP) by fall; Jasmin bt Pratima Devi (Mani) on pts; Jasmin bt Chandra (Del) on fall.

Boys (Freestyle) (Second round): 50 kgs: Satyawan (HP) bt N. Bisheshwar Singh (Mani) by fall; Sanjaya (Har) bt Bapu Matekar (Mah) on pts; Gagan (MP) bt Ram Parvesh (UP) on pts; Kashmir (Chd) bt Siju George (Ker) by fall; Rajendra Kumar (SSCB) bt Daroga Ram (Bih) on pts; Yogeshwar (Del) bt R.S. Budaki (Karn) by fall.

58 kgs: Rakesh (HP) bt Ashok Thomas (Ker) by fall; Niranjan (Chd) bt Anand Kumar (Bih) by fall; Sudhir Kumar (UP) bt A. Milan (Mani) by tech. superiority' Sanjay Yadav (Guj) bt Tukaram Gowda (Kar) by fall; Vijay Tonde (MP) bt Ram singh (SSCB) on pts; Devendra Singh (Del) bt Avinash (Goa) by fall; Ravinder Kumar (Raj) bt R. Narsing (AP) by tech. superiority.

69 kgs: Satish Kumar (SSCB) bt T. Pakrowa Singh (Mani) by fall; Vinod George (Mah) bt R. Shankar (Guj) by tech. fall; Jai Bhagwan (Har) bt Pintoo singh (Bih) by fall; Durgesh Singh (AP) bt Anil Kumar (Chd) on pts; Vijay Mishra (MP) bt Mohd. Taslim (Ker) by fall.

85 kgs: Pawan Kumar (Chd) bt N. Lokesh (Karn) by fall; Avaduth (Goa) bt Manoj George (Ker) by fall; Udai Pratap (Bih) w/0 Laxmi Prasad (Ori); M. Samananda (Mani) w/o Jaibeer (HP); Munnalal Shaikh (Mah) bt Jitender (Del) on pts; Sandeep (SSCB) bt J. Raju SIngh (AP) by tech fall; Balraj SIngh (Pun) bt Jai KIshan (Raj) by fall.

+97 kgs: Sukhbir Singh (Pun) bt Pranav Y (Goa) by fall; Devender (HP) bt Narayan (Mah) on pts; Baljeet Singh (Chd) bt Sollen Jose (Ker) by fall; Wazir Singh (Del) w/o Pawan Kumar (Raj).

Greco Roman: (Second round): 50 kgs: M. Ibomcha (Man) bt Dharmendra (Chd) by fall; D.M. Kori (Kar) bt Devender Goud (AP) on pts; Krishant Patil (Mah) bt Mohan (Goa) by fall; Raj Pal (SSCB) bt Somendra (MP) on pts; Kishen Singh (Raj) bt Vijay (Bih) by fall.

58 kgs: Anand (Del) bt Ajay (HP) on ech. fall; Sreekanth (Ker) bt Bourne Kumar (Mani) by fall; Satish (Har) bt Hanumanth (Goa) by tech. fall; Gautam (UP) bt Kalicharan (MP) on pts; Gurunath (Kar) bt Prabhakar (AP) by fall; Karan Chand (Pun) bt Ram Dinesh (Bih) by fall.

69 kgs: Gurbinder (Pun) bt Devender (Har) on pts; Surender (HP) bt Madhukar (Karn) by fall; Amir Chand (Raj) bt Aneesh (Ker) by fall; Anthony (Raj) bt Sher Sikander (Chd) on pts; Sachin Patil (Goa) w/o Subash (Bih).

85kgs: Bachulal (UP) bt Mohd Abdullah (AP) by fall; Ravinder (Bih) bt Dharamveer (Har) on pts; Dharamvir (HP) bt Aneesh Mathew (Ker) by fall; Meghraj (Mah) bt Dalbir (Raj) by fall.

Geetika Pant of MP has a stranglehold on Sayida (UP). Geetika progressed into the semifinals of the 43 kgs category for girls in the junior National wrestling championship in Bangalore on Saturday.

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